Cite as 2022 Ark. App. 251
ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION I
| GERALDO QUINTONE USSERY APPELLANT V. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND MINOR CHILDREN APPELLEES
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Opinion Delivered May 25, 2022 APPEAL FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 72JV-21-447] HONORABLE Diane WARREN, JUDGE AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART
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ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge
Geraldo Quintone Ussery appeals the Washington County Circuit Court’s adjudication order finding his children, AU and IU, dependent-neglected on the basis of the same facts as alleged in two separate cases.[1] Quintone argues the same points on appeal as are made in Ussery v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 2022 Ark. App. 251, ___ S.W.3d ___, also handed down today. The relevant facts, Quintone’s arguments, and this court’s findings are set forth in the companion case. Accordingly, we affirm in part and reverse the aggravated-circumstances finding as it relates to AU.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
Klappenbach and Hixson, JJ., agree.
Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brett D. Watson, for appellant.
Andrew Firth and Anna Imbeau, Ark. Dep’t of Human Services, Office of Chief Counsel, for appellee.
Casey D. Copeland, attorney ad litem for minor children.
[1]Quintone has four biological children. Sheila Ussery and Quintone are the biological parents of two children, HU (August 30, 2020) and SU (July 8, 2018), and those children, along with other siblings, are the subject of a separate appeal, case No. CV-21-584. Quintone and Tiffany Strickland are the biological parents of AU (January 22, 2014) and IU (January 17, 2013), who are named in this appeal, case No. CV-21-585.