Except as provided in this subchapter with regard to parental rights, any rights to a child which a nonparental relative may derive through a parent or by court order may, if the best interests of the child so require, be terminated in connection with a proceeding for adoption or for termination of parental rights.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Subchapter 2 - Revised Uniform Adoption Act
§ 9-9-205. Jurisdiction — Venue — Inconvenient forum — Disclosure of name
§ 9-9-207. Persons as to whom consent not required
§ 9-9-208. How consent is executed
§ 9-9-209. Withdrawal of consent
§ 9-9-210. Petition for adoption
§ 9-9-211. Report of petitioner's expenditures
§ 9-9-212. Hearing on petition — Requirements
§ 9-9-213. Required residence of minor
§ 9-9-214. Appearance — Continuance — Disposition of petition
§ 9-9-215. Effect of decree of adoption
§ 9-9-216. Appeal from and validation of adoption decree
§ 9-9-217. Confidentiality of hearings and records
§ 9-9-218. Recognition of foreign decrees affecting adoption
§ 9-9-219. Application for new birth record
§ 9-9-220. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationship
§ 9-9-221. Uniformity of interpretation
§ 9-9-222. Repeal and effective date