ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
BRIAN S. MILLER, JUDGE
DIVISION II
CA06-309
April 4, 2007
DELORES HALES
AN APPEAL FROM THE LITTLE
BRAD HUGHES
RIVER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
APPELLANTS [JV-2004-41, JV-2005-15-1]
v.
HONORABLE TED CAPEHART,
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
JUDGE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPELLEE
DISMISSED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN
PART; COUNSEL’S MOTION GRANTED
Appellant Delores Hales is the mother of S.N. (DOB 2/08/02) and C.H. (DOB
2/02/04). Appellant Brad Hughes is C.H.’s legal father. In a July 11, 2005, order, the Little
River County Circuit Court granted appellee Arkansas Department of Health and Human
Services’ petition to terminate Hales’s and Hughes’s parental rights. Pursuant to Linker-
Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 359 Ark. 131, 194 S.W.3d 739 (2004)
(Linker-Flores I) and Rule 4-3(j) of the Rules of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals, Hales and Hughes’s counsel, after a conscientious review of the record, has
tendered a motion to withdraw on the ground that this appeal is wholly without merit. The
motion was accompanied by a brief purportedly presenting a thorough and professional
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evaluation of the record and discussing all matters in the record that might arguably support
an appeal, including the adverse rulings, and a statement as to why counsel considers each
point raised as incapable of supporting a meritorious appeal. The clerk of this court sent a
certified copy of counsel’s brief and motion to Hales and Hughes and notified them of their
right to file pro se points for reversal. Hales has elected to file pro se points. We dismiss in
part, affirm in part, and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.
Because Hughes has failed to file a notice of appeal, we are without jurisdiction to
hear his portion