ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Chief Judge.
In this termination-of-parental-rights case, Alyssa Ekberg and Jerry Ashmore appeal the Pulaski County Circuit Court's order filed April 8, 2016, terminating their parental rights to their two children, E.H. (born October 26, 2007) and H.A. (born December 18, 2013).
At the heart of the Arkansas Department of Human Services' (DHS) case is the bruising found on E.H. in May 2014 and the similar bruising that had previously occurred in Texas when Jerry admittedly used a belt to discipline E.H. We review termination-of-parental-rights cases de novo. Villaros v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., 2016 Ark.App. 399, at 4-6, ___ S.W.3d ___, ___. The abstract contained in appellants' brief fails to include an abridgment of the testimony from the record on pages 881-82.
Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-9(e)(2)(C) provides that an appellant's petition on appeal shall include
Because the questions and answers contained in the record as set forth above are a material part of the testimony, these pages in the record must be included in the abstract. Therefore, the abstract must be supplemented.
Rule 6-9 also provides in relevant part as follows:
Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-9(e)(2)(E) (emphasis added). Further, Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-2(a)(8)(A)(i) (2016) provides that all notices of appeal must be included in the addendum, along with "any other pleading or document in the record that is essential for the appellate court to affirm its jurisdiction, to understand the case, and to decide the issues on appeal."
In the instant case, appellants' notices of appeal are included in the record but are not included in the addendum. Further, the psychological evaluation of the parents conducted by Dr. Paul Deyoub and contained in the addendum as "Petitioner's Exhibit 7" is missing page 20. Because the rules above require that the notice of appeal be included along with any document essential for this court to understand the case, appellants must supplement the addendum with the notices and the missing page of Dr. Deyoub's evaluation. Rule 4-2 also provides that if this court determines that deficiencies or omissions in the abstract or addendum need to be corrected, but complete rebriefing is not needed, then the court will order appellant to file a supplemental abstract or addendum within seven calendar days to provide the additional materials from the record to the members of the appellate court. Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(4).
Accordingly, we order appellants to file a supplemental abstract and addendum within seven calendar days of the date of this opinion. We encourage appellants to carefully and thoroughly review our rules to ensure that no additional deficiencies are present. Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(4).
Supplemental abstract and addendum ordered.
ABRAMSON and WHITEAKER, JJ., agree.