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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-9-101. Surrender of custody of minor by hospital or birthing center - (a) After a consent to adoption under § 9-9-208 or...
§ 9-9-102. Preference to relative caregivers for a child in foster care — Religious preference — Removal of barriers to inter-ethnic adoption - (a) In all custodial placements by the Department of Human...
§ 9-9-103. Adoption home studies affidavit - (a) Upon the request of any interested party, agency, or...
§ 9-9-104. Adoption information collection - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) There is a...
§ 9-9-105. Employee leave for adoption — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “employer” means public and...
Subchapter 2 - Revised Uniform Adoption Act
§ 9-9-201. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Adoption...
§ 9-9-202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 9-9-203. Who may be adopted - Any individual may be adopted.
§ 9-9-204. Who may adopt - The following individuals may adopt: (1) A husband and wife...
§ 9-9-205. Jurisdiction — Venue — Inconvenient forum — Disclosure of name - (a) Jurisdiction of adoption of minors: (1) The state shall...
§ 9-9-206. Persons required to consent to adoption — Consideration for relinquishing minor for adoption - (a) Unless consent is not required under § 9-9-207, a...
§ 9-9-207. Persons as to whom consent not required - (a) Consent to adoption is not required of: (1) a...
§ 9-9-208. How consent is executed - (a) The required consent to adoption shall be executed at...
§ 9-9-209. Withdrawal of consent - (a) A consent to adoption cannot be withdrawn after the...
§ 9-9-210. Petition for adoption - (a) A petition for adoption signed and verified by the...
§ 9-9-211. Report of petitioner's expenditures - (a) Except as specified in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 9-9-212. Hearing on petition — Requirements - (a) (1) Before any hearing on a petition, the period...
§ 9-9-213. Required residence of minor - (a) A final decree of adoption shall not be issued...
§ 9-9-214. Appearance — Continuance — Disposition of petition - (a) The petitioner and the individual to be adopted shall...
§ 9-9-215. Effect of decree of adoption - (a) A final decree of adoption and an interlocutory decree...
§ 9-9-216. Appeal from and validation of adoption decree - (a) An appeal from any final order or decree rendered...
§ 9-9-217. Confidentiality of hearings and records - (a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records:...
§ 9-9-218. Recognition of foreign decrees affecting adoption - A decree of court terminating the relationship of parent and...
§ 9-9-219. Application for new birth record - Upon entry of a final decree of adoption or an...
§ 9-9-220. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationship - (a) With the exception of the duty to pay child...
§ 9-9-221. Uniformity of interpretation - This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 9-9-222. Repeal and effective date - (a) The following acts and laws and parts of laws...
§ 9-9-223. Termination of rights of nonparental relatives - Except as provided in this subchapter with regard to parental...
§ 9-9-224. Child born to unmarried mother - In all cases involving a child born to a mother...
Subchapter 3 - Children in Public Custody — Consent to Adoption
§ 9-9-301. Adoptions under prior law validated - All adoptions that have been granted by the probate courts...
Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Subsidized Adoption Act
§ 9-9-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 9-9-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Child” means a minor...
§ 9-9-403. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to supplement the Arkansas...
§ 9-9-404. Administration — Funding - (a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer...
§ 9-9-405. Promulgation of rules - (a) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules consistent...
§ 9-9-406. Records confidential - All records regarding subsidized adoption shall be confidential and may...
§ 9-9-407. Eligibility - (a) A family is initially eligible for a subsidy for...
§ 9-9-408. Subsidy agreement required — Commencement of subsidy - (a) When parents are found and approved for adoption of...
§ 9-9-409. Subsidy amounts - (a) The amount of the subsidy may be readjusted periodically...
§ 9-9-410. Subsidy agreements — Duration - (a) (1) The subsidy agreement shall be binding and constitute...
§ 9-9-411. Subsidy agreements — Renewal, termination, or modification - (a) (1) (A) When subsidies are for more than one...
§ 9-9-412. Appeals - Any subsidy decision by the Department of Human Services which...
Subchapter 5 - Voluntary Adoption Registry
§ 9-9-501. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Administrator” means the person...
§ 9-9-502. Penalty - (a) (1) No person, agency, entity, or organization of any...
§ 9-9-503. Registry — Establishment and maintenance - (a) (1) A mutual consent voluntary adoption registry may be...
§ 9-9-504. Registry — Operation - (a) (1) The adult adoptee and each birth parent and...
§ 9-9-505. Compilation of nonidentifying history - (a) Prior to placement for adoption, the licensed adoption agency...
§ 9-9-506. Disclosure of information - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the information acquired...
§ 9-9-507. Maintenance of records - All records of any adoption finalized in this state shall...
§ 9-9-508. Rules - The Department of Human Services shall issue such rules as...
Subchapter 6 - Legal Representation
§ 9-9-601. The Governor's Pro Bono Adoption Service Award - (a) The Governor shall award the Governor's Pro Bono Adoption...
Subchapter 7 - The Streamline Adoption Act
§ 9-9-701. Streamlined adoptions by the Department of Human Services - (a) (1) A family who adopts a child from the...
§ 9-9-702. Fast-tracked adoption of Garrett's Law babies — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “newborn” means an infant...
Subchapter 8 - Adoption Records
§ 9-9-801. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adoption file” means a...
§ 9-9-802. Birth parent redaction request and contact preference forms - (a) (1) (A) The Department of Health shall create and...
§ 9-9-803. Access to adoption file - (a) Beginning August 1, 2018, a requester may submit a...
§ 9-9-804. Immunity - An officer or employee of the Department of Health who...