Arkansas Code
Title 9 - Family Law

§ 9-17-609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

§ 9-17-613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state - (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

§ 9-17-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order,...

Part 4 - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order

§ 9-17-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-711, if a...

§ 9-17-616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention

§ 9-17-701. Definitions - In this article: (1) “Application” means a request under the...

§ 9-17-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...

§ 9-17-703. Relationship of Office of Child Support Enforcement to United States central authority - The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division...

§ 9-17-704. Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention - (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Office...

§ 9-17-705. Direct request - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...

§ 9-17-706. Registration of Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party...

§ 9-17-707. Contest of registered Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, §§ 9-17-605...

§ 9-17-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal...

§ 9-17-709. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...

§ 9-17-710. Foreign support agreement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d),...

§ 9-17-711. Modification of Convention child-support order - (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...

§ 9-17-712. Personal information — Limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...

§ 9-17-713. Record in original language — English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...

Article 8 - Interstate Rendition

§ 9-17-801. Grounds for rendition - (a) For purposes of this article, “governor” includes an individual...

§ 9-17-802. Conditions of rendition - (a) Before making demand that the governor of another state...

Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 9-17-901. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

§ 9-17-902. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July...

Chapter 18 - Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

§ 9-18-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Circuit court” means the...

§ 9-18-102. Orders to reach retirement benefits - (a) Notwithstanding § 24-3-212 [repealed] and § 24-7-715 or any...

§ 9-18-103. Orders to reach public employees' retirement benefits - (a) Notwithstanding § 24-3-212 [repealed] and § 24-7-715 or any...

Chapter 19 - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 9-19-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction...

§ 9-19-102. Definitions - In this chapter: (1) “Abandoned” means left without provision for...

§ 9-19-103. Proceedings governed by other law - This chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...

§ 9-19-104. Application to Indian tribes - (a) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child...

§ 9-19-105. Internal application of chapter - (a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign...

§ 9-19-106. Effect of child-custody determination - A child-custody determination made by a court of this state...

§ 9-19-107. Priority - If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under...

§ 9-19-108. Notice to persons outside state - (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a...

§ 9-19-109. Appearance and limited immunity - (a) A party to a child-custody proceeding, including a modification...

§ 9-19-110. Communication between courts - (a) A court of this state may communicate with a...

§ 9-19-111. Taking testimony in another state - (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party,...

§ 9-19-112. Cooperation between courts — Preservation of records - (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate...

Subchapter 2 - Jurisdiction

§ 9-19-201. Initial child-custody jurisdiction - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204, a court...

§ 9-19-202. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204, a court...

§ 9-19-203. Jurisdiction to modify determination - Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204, a court of...

§ 9-19-204. Temporary emergency jurisdiction - (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction...

§ 9-19-205. Notice — Opportunity to be heard — Joinder - (a) Before a child-custody determination is made under this chapter,...

§ 9-19-206. Simultaneous proceedings - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204, a court...

§ 9-19-207. Inconvenient forum - (a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under...

§ 9-19-208. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-204 or by...

§ 9-19-209. Information to be submitted to court - (a) In a child-custody proceeding, each party, in its first...

§ 9-19-210. Appearance of parties and child - (a) In a child-custody proceeding in this state, the court...

Subchapter 3 - Enforcement

§ 9-19-301. Definitions - In this subchapter: (1) “Petitioner” means a person who seeks...

§ 9-19-302. Enforcement under Hague Convention - Under this subchapter a court of this state may enforce...

§ 9-19-303. Duty to enforce - (a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce...

§ 9-19-304. Temporary visitation - (a) A court of this state which does not have...

§ 9-19-305. Registration of child-custody determination - (a) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another...

§ 9-19-306. Enforcement of registered determination - (a) A court of this state may grant any relief...

§ 9-19-307. Simultaneous proceedings - If a proceeding for enforcement under this subchapter is commenced...

§ 9-19-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination - (a) A petition under this subchapter must be verified. Certified...

§ 9-19-309. Service of petition and orders - Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-311, the petition and...

§ 9-19-310. Hearing and order - (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant...

§ 9-19-311. Warrant to take physical custody of child - (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of...

§ 9-19-312. Costs, fees, and expenses - (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a...

§ 9-19-313. Recognition and enforcement - A court of this state shall accord full faith and...

§ 9-19-314. Appeals - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...

§ 9-19-315. Role of prosecutor or public official - (a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving...

§ 9-19-316. Role of law enforcement - At the request of a prosecuting attorney acting under §...

§ 9-19-317. Costs and expenses - If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court...

Subchapter 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 9-19-401. Application and construction - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given...

Chapter 20 - Adult Maltreatment Custody Act

§ 9-20-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-20-102. Purpose - The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Protect a...

§ 9-20-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Abuse” means with...

§ 9-20-104. Spiritual treatment alone not abusive - Nothing in this chapter implies that an endangered adult or...

§ 9-20-105. Privilege not grounds for exclusion of evidence - Any privilege between husband and wife or between any professional...

§ 9-20-106. Immunity for investigation participants - Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in...

§ 9-20-107. Reports as evidence - (a) A written report from persons or officials required to...

§ 9-20-108. Jurisdiction — Venue — Eligibility - (a) (1) The probate division of circuit court shall have...

§ 9-20-109. Commencement of proceedings - (a) Proceedings shall be commenced by filing a petition with...

§ 9-20-110. Petition - A petition shall set forth the following: (1) The name,...

§ 9-20-111. Notification - (a) All maltreated adults named as the respondent shall be...

§ 9-20-112. Voluntary protective placement - (a) Any adult may request voluntary protective placement under this...

§ 9-20-113. Evaluations - (a) The Department of Human Services may petition the circuit...

§ 9-20-114. Emergency custody - (a) The Department of Human Services or a law enforcement...

§ 9-20-115. Emergency orders - (a) (1) If there is probable cause to believe that...

§ 9-20-116. Probable cause hearing - (a) (1) Following issuance of an emergency order, the probate...

§ 9-20-117. Long-term custody and court-ordered protective services hearings - (a) (1) A hearing for long-term custody or court-ordered protective...

§ 9-20-118. Review hearings - (a) The Department of Human Services shall periodically review the...

§ 9-20-119. Assets of a maltreated adult - (a) (1) The probate division of circuit court may enter...

§ 9-20-120. Duties and responsibilities of custodian - (a) (1) If the probate division of circuit court appoints...

§ 9-20-121. Availability of custody and protective services records - (a) Reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, medical records, or other...

§ 9-20-122. Evaluation of prospective guardians - (a) Regarding an individual listed in subsection (b) of this...

§ 9-20-123. Rights of relatives - (a) (1) If a relative has reason to believe coupled...

§ 9-20-124. Consideration of issues requiring court approval - (a) The Department of Human Services shall: (1) Request court...

Chapter 21 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 9-21-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Deployed Parents...

§ 9-21-102. Definitions - In this chapter: (1) “Adult” means an individual who has...

§ 9-21-103. Remedies for noncompliance - In addition to other remedies under law of this state...

§ 9-21-104. Jurisdiction - (a) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility...

§ 9-21-105. Notification required of deploying parent - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and subject...

§ 9-21-106. Duty to notify of change of address - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an individual...

§ 9-21-107. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service - In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of...

Article 2 - Agreement Addressing Custodial Responsibility During Deployment

§ 9-21-201. Form of agreement - (a) The parents of a child may enter into a...

§ 9-21-202. Nature of authority created by agreement - (a) An agreement under this Article is temporary and terminates...

§ 9-21-203. Modification of agreement - (a) By mutual consent, the parents of a child may...

§ 9-21-204. Power of attorney - A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all...

§ 9-21-205. Filing agreement or power of attorney with court - An agreement or power of attorney under this Article must...

Article 3 - Judicial Procedure for Granting Custodial Responsibility During Deployment

§ 9-21-301. Definition - In this Article, “close and substantial relationship” means a relationship...

§ 9-21-302. Proceeding for temporary custody order - (a) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and...

§ 9-21-303. Expedited hearing - If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed under...

§ 9-21-304. Testimony by electronic means - In a proceeding under this Article, a party or witness...

§ 9-21-305. Effect of prior judicial order or agreement - In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant...

§ 9-21-306. Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent - (a) On motion of a deploying parent and in accordance...

§ 9-21-307. Grant of limited contact - On motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with...

§ 9-21-308. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order - (a) A grant of authority under this Article is temporary...

§ 9-21-309. Content of temporary custody order - (a) An order granting custodial responsibility under this Article must:...

§ 9-21-310. Order for child support - If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority...

§ 9-21-311. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent - (a) Except for an order under § 9-21-305, except as...

Article 4 - Return from Deployment

§ 9-21-401. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement - (a) At any time after return from deployment, a temporary...

§ 9-21-402. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order - At any time after a deploying parent returns from deployment,...

§ 9-21-403. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility - After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary...

§ 9-21-404. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order - (a) If an agreement between the parties to terminate a...

Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 9-21-501. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

§ 9-21-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

§ 9-21-503. Savings clause - This chapter does not affect the validity of a temporary...

Subtitle 3 - Minors

Chapter 25 - General Provisions

§ 9-25-101. Age of majority — Exceptions - (a) All persons of the age of eighteen (18) years...

§ 9-25-102. Destruction of property - (a) The state or any county, city, town, or school...

§ 9-25-104. Immediate notification of parents when child in custody - (a) When the Department of Human Services has taken custody...

§ 9-25-105. Child Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee — Membership — Powers - (a) (1) The safety of children is a paramount concern...

Chapter 26 - Rights Respecting Business and Property

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 9-26-101. Rescission of sale, contract, etc., by minor — Restitution - (a) In the case of a sale, contract to sell,...

§ 9-26-102. Payment of money or delivery of personal property to minor — Duties of recipient - (a) (1) Any person under a duty to pay or...

§ 9-26-103. Ownership of property by persons 18 years of age or older - (a) All persons eighteen (18) years of age or older...

§ 9-26-104. Removal of disability of a minor - (a) The circuit courts of this state or the respective...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

§ 9-26-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adult” means an individual...

§ 9-26-202. Scope and jurisdiction - (a) This subchapter shall apply to a transfer that refers...

§ 9-26-203. Nomination of custodian - (a) A person having the right to designate the recipient...

§ 9-26-204. Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment - A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to,...

§ 9-26-205. Transfer authorized by will or trust - (a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable...

§ 9-26-206. Other transfer by fiduciary - (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a personal...

§ 9-26-207. Transfer by obligor - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

§ 9-26-208. Receipt for custodial property - A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian shall constitute...

§ 9-26-209. Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer — Designation of initial custodian — Control - (a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made...

§ 9-26-210. Single custodianship - A transfer may be made only for one (1) minor,...

§ 9-26-211. Validity and effect of transfer - (a) The validity of a transfer made in a manner...

§ 9-26-212. Care of custodial property - (a) A custodian shall: (1) take control of custodial property;...

§ 9-26-213. Powers of custodian - (a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, shall have...

§ 9-26-214. Use of custodial property - (a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor...

§ 9-26-215. Custodian's expenses — Compensation — Bond - (a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property...

§ 9-26-216. Exemption of a third person from liability - A third person in good faith and without court order...

§ 9-26-217. Liability to third persons - (a) A claim based on (i) a contract entered into...

§ 9-26-218. Renunciation, resignation, death, or removal of custodian — Designation of successor custodian - (a) A person nominated under § 9-26-203 or designated under...

§ 9-26-219. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian - (a) A minor who has attained the age of fourteen...

§ 9-26-220. Termination of custodianship - The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial...

§ 9-26-221. Applicability - This subchapter shall apply to a transfer within the scope...

§ 9-26-222. Effect on existing custodianships - (a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in...

§ 9-26-223. Uniformity of application and construction - This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its...

§ 9-26-224. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Uniform Transfers...

§ 9-26-225. Severability - If any provisions of this subchapter or its application to...

§ 9-26-226. Effective date - It has been found that Acts 1967, No. 250 limits...

§ 9-26-227. Repealer - Acts 1967, No. 250, the Arkansas Uniform Gifts to Minors...

Subchapter 3 - Uniform Securities Ownership by Minors Act

§ 9-26-301. Definitions - In this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Bank”...

§ 9-26-302. Liability for dealing with minor - A bank, broker, issuer, third-party, or transfer agent incurs no...

§ 9-26-303. Disaffirmation of transaction by minor - A minor, who has transferred a security, received or empowered...

§ 9-26-304. Construction - This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its...

§ 9-26-305. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Securities Ownership...

§ 9-26-306. Severability - If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof...

§ 9-26-307. Repealer - All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this...

Chapter 27 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 9-27-102. Best interest of the child - The General Assembly recognizes that children are defenseless and that...

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Juvenile Code

§ 9-27-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-27-302. Purposes — Construction - This subchapter shall be liberally construed to the end that...

§ 9-27-303. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Abandoned infant” means a...

§ 9-27-304. Provisions supplemental - (a) Unless this subchapter otherwise provides, nothing in this subchapter...

§ 9-27-305. Applicability - Any juvenile within this state may be subjected to the...

§ 9-27-306. Jurisdiction - (a) (1) The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction...

§ 9-27-307. Venue - (a) (1) (A) Except as set forth in subdivisions (a)(2)-(4)...

§ 9-27-308. Personnel — Duties - (a) Intake Officers. (1) The judge or judges of the...

§ 9-27-309. Confidentiality of records — Definition - (a) All records may be closed and confidential within the...

§ 9-27-310. Commencement of proceedings - (a) Proceedings shall be commenced by filing a petition with...

§ 9-27-311. Required contents of petition - (a) The petition shall set forth the following: (1) (A)...

§ 9-27-312. Notification to defendants - (a) In a delinquency and family-in-need-of-services case, a juvenile defendant...

§ 9-27-313. Taking into custody - (a) (1) A juvenile only may be taken into custody...

§ 9-27-314. Emergency orders - (a) (1) In a case in which there is probable...

§ 9-27-315. Probable cause hearing - (a) (1) (A) Following the issuance of an emergency order,...

§ 9-27-316. Right to counsel - (a) (1) In delinquency and family in need of services...

§ 9-27-317. Waiver of right to counsel — Detention of juvenile — Questioning - (a) Waiver of the right to counsel at a delinquency...

§ 9-27-318. Filing and transfer to the criminal division of circuit court - (a) The state may proceed with a case as a...

§ 9-27-319. Double jeopardy - (a) No juvenile who has been subjected to an adjudication...

§ 9-27-320. Fingerprinting or photographing - (a) (1) When a juvenile is arrested for any offense...

§ 9-27-321. Statements not admissible - Statements made by a juvenile to the intake officer or...

§ 9-27-322. Release from custody - (a) Upon receiving notice that a juvenile has been taken...

§ 9-27-323. Diversion — Conditions — Agreement — Completion — Definition - (a) If the prosecuting attorney, after consultation with the intake...

§ 9-27-324. Preliminary investigation - (a) Upon receiving notice that a juvenile has been taken...

§ 9-27-325. Hearings — Generally - (a) (1) (A) All hearings shall be conducted by the...

§ 9-27-326. Detention hearing - (a) If a juvenile is taken into custody on an...

§ 9-27-327. Adjudication hearing - (a) (1) (A) An adjudication hearing shall be held to...

§ 9-27-328. Removal of juvenile - (a) Before a circuit court may order any dependent-neglected juvenile...

§ 9-27-329. Disposition hearing - (a) If the circuit court finds that the petition has...

§ 9-27-330. Disposition — Delinquency — Alternatives - (a) If a juvenile is found to be delinquent, the...

§ 9-27-331. Disposition — Delinquency — Limitations - (a) (1) A commitment to the Division of Youth Services...

§ 9-27-332. Disposition — Family in need of services — Generally - (a) If a family is found to be in need...

§ 9-27-333. Disposition — Family in need of services — Limitations — Definitions - (a) At least five (5) working days before ordering the...

§ 9-27-334. Disposition — Dependent-neglected — Generally - (a) If a juvenile is found to be dependent-neglected, the...

§ 9-27-335. Disposition — Dependent-neglected — Limitations - (a) (1) At least five (5) working days before ordering...

§ 9-27-336. Limitations on detention - (a) A juvenile who is alleged to be or who...

§ 9-27-337. Six-month reviews required - (a) (1) The court shall review every case of dependency-neglect...

§ 9-27-338. Permanency planning hearing - (a) (1) A permanency planning hearing shall be held to...

§ 9-27-339. Probation — Revocation - (a) (1) After an adjudication of delinquency, the court may...

§ 9-27-341. Termination of parental rights — Definition - (a) (1) (A) This section shall be a remedy available...

§ 9-27-342. Proceedings concerning juveniles for whom paternity not established - (a) Absent orders of a circuit court or another court...

§ 9-27-343. Appeals - (a) All appeals from juvenile cases shall be made to...

§ 9-27-344. Monthly report - The circuit court shall submit monthly to the Director of...

§ 9-27-345. Admissibility of evidence - (a) Juvenile adjudications of delinquency for offenses for which the...

§ 9-27-346. Support orders - (a) If it appears at the adjudication or disposition hearing...

§ 9-27-347. Probation reports - (a) The probation officer shall make and keep a complete...

§ 9-27-348. Publication of proceedings - No information by which the name or identity of a...

§ 9-27-349. Compliance with federal acts - The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human...

§ 9-27-350. Compacts to share costs - Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit two (2) or more...

§ 9-27-351. Escape considered an act of delinquency - The escape of a juvenile from the locked portion of...

§ 9-27-353. Duties and responsibilities of custodian - (a) It shall be the duty of any person or...

§ 9-27-354. Progress reports on juveniles - (a) (1) The court may order progress reports from a...

§ 9-27-355. Placement of juveniles - (a) The court shall not specify a particular provider for...

§ 9-27-356. Juvenile sex offender assessment and registration - (a) If a juvenile is an adjudicated delinquent for any...

§ 9-27-357. Deoxyribonucleic acid samples - (a) A person who is adjudicated delinquent for the following...

§ 9-27-359. Fifteenth-month review hearing - (a) A hearing shall be held to determine whether the...

§ 9-27-360. Review of termination of parental rights - (a) After an order of termination of parental rights, the...

§ 9-27-361. Court reports - (a) (1) Seven (7) business days before a scheduled dependency-neglect...

§ 9-27-362. Emancipation of juveniles - (a) A petition for emancipation may be filed in a...

§ 9-27-363. Foster youth transition - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) A juvenile in...

§ 9-27-364. Division of Youth Services aftercare - (a) (1) After an adjudication of delinquency and upon commitment...

§ 9-27-365. No reunification hearing - (a) (1) (A) Any party can file a motion for...

§ 9-27-366. Confessions - In determining whether a juvenile's confession was voluntarily, knowingly, and...

§ 9-27-367. Court costs, fees, and fines - (a) The juvenile division of the circuit court may order...

§ 9-27-368. Risk and needs assessments - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall work with...

§ 9-27-369. Resumption of services - (a) The Department of Human Services or an attorney ad...

§ 9-27-370. Reinstatement of parental rights - (a) The Department of Human Services or an attorney ad...

§ 9-27-371. Punitive isolation or solitary confinement of juveniles — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Punitive isolation” means...

Subchapter 4 - Division of Dependency-Neglect Representation

§ 9-27-401. Creation — Representation for children and parents - (a) There is hereby created the Division of Dependency-Neglect Representation...

§ 9-27-402. Case plans - (a) (1) A case plan shall be developed in all...

Subchapter 5 - Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction

§ 9-27-501. Extended juvenile jurisdiction designation - (a) The state may request an extended juvenile jurisdiction designation...

§ 9-27-502. Competency — Fitness to proceed — Lack of capacity - (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 9-27-503. Designation hearing - (a) (1) When a party requests an extended juvenile jurisdiction...

§ 9-27-504. Right to counsel - (a) An extended juvenile jurisdiction offender shall have a right...

§ 9-27-505. Extended juvenile jurisdiction adjudication - (a) An extended juvenile jurisdiction offender and the state shall...

§ 9-27-506. Extended juvenile jurisdiction disposition hearing - If a juvenile is found delinquent as an extended juvenile...

§ 9-27-507. Extended juvenile jurisdiction court review hearing - (a) The state may petition the circuit court at any...

§ 9-27-508. Extended juvenile jurisdiction records - (a) Records of juveniles who are designated as extended juvenile...

§ 9-27-509. Division of Youth Services — Commitment of extended juvenile jurisdiction juveniles - (a) The court has sole release authority for juveniles in...

§ 9-27-510. Division of Correction — Placement - (a) (1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence...

Subchapter 6 - Community Mental Health Services for Juveniles

§ 9-27-601. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly of the...

§ 9-27-602. Assessment of juvenile mental health services required - (a) Prior to the circuit court's ordering a juvenile to...

§ 9-27-603. Mental health assessment — Requirements - (a) When a mental health screening or assessment is provided...

Subchapter 7 - Commission for Parent Counsel

§ 9-27-701. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide...

§ 9-27-702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, “parent” means the same as...

§ 9-27-703. Commission for Parent Counsel - (a) (1) (A) There is created a Commission for Parent...

§ 9-27-704. Powers and duties of the Commission for Parent Counsel — Funding formula — Liability - (a) (1) The Commission for Parent Counsel shall enter into...

§ 9-27-705. Rulemaking permitted - The Commission for Parent Counsel may establish rules not otherwise...

Chapter 28 - Placement or Detention

Subchapter 1 - Children and Family Services

§ 9-28-101. Legislative intent and purpose - The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a responsibility...

§ 9-28-102. Creation of the Division of Children and Family Services - There is created the Division of Children and Family Services...

§ 9-28-103. Division of Children and Family Services — Powers and duties - (a) The Division of Children and Family Services of the...

§ 9-28-104. Best interest of the child - (a) The General Assembly recognizes that children are defenseless and...

§ 9-28-105. Preference to relative caregivers for a child in foster care - In all custodial placements by the Department of Human Services...

§ 9-28-106. Religious preference — Removal of barriers to inter-ethnic adoption - (a) The Department of Human Services and any other agency...

§ 9-28-107. Notice when juvenile transferred to custody of department - (a) The Department of Human Services shall exercise due diligence...

§ 9-28-108. Placement of juveniles — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Fictive kin” means...

§ 9-28-109. Notice of move in foster care placement - (a) The policy of the State of Arkansas is that...

§ 9-28-110. Smoking in the presence of foster children - The Department of Human Services shall not place or permit...

§ 9-28-111. Case plans — Definition - (a) The Department of Human Services shall be responsible for...

§ 9-28-112. Foster children and educational issues - (a) The Department of Human Services and school districts shall...

§ 9-28-113. Continuity of educational services to foster children - (a) (1) (A) It is the intent of the General...

§ 9-28-114. Foster youth transition - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Each juvenile in...

§ 9-28-115. Immunity — Definition - (a) A foster parent approved by a child placement agency...

§ 9-28-116. Restrictions on foster and adoptive parents - (a) (1) A child in the custody of the Department...

§ 9-28-117. Authority to obtain local criminal background checks - (a) Local law enforcement shall provide the Department of Human...

§ 9-28-118. Training hours for employees - All division caseworkers, supervisors, and area directors shall have at...

§ 9-28-119. Department of Human Services — Power to obtain information — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Business” means any...

§ 9-28-120. Public disclosure of information on deaths and maltreatment - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall place a...

Subchapter 2 - Youth Services

§ 9-28-201. Legislative intent and purpose - (a) The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a...

§ 9-28-202. Creation of the Division of Youth Services — Director - (a) There is hereby created the Division of Youth Services...

§ 9-28-203. Division of Youth Services — Powers and duties - (a) The Division of Youth Services shall perform the following...

§ 9-28-204. Observation and assessment center - (a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of...

§ 9-28-205. Youth services centers - (a) The physical facilities and programs at each of the...

§ 9-28-206. Disposition of delinquent juvenile - (a) When a circuit court or any other court having...

§ 9-28-207. Commitment to the Division of Youth Services - (a) When any youth is committed to the Division of...

§ 9-28-208. Order of commitment - (a) (1) An order of commitment to the Division of...

§ 9-28-209. Commitment conditions and terms - (a) (1) Upon commitment to the Division of Youth Services...

§ 9-28-210. Release - (a) (1) In consideration of its juvenile correctional role, the...

§ 9-28-211. Escape from youth services center or facilities - (a) If any delinquent youth committed to the Division of...

§ 9-28-212. Sale of goods produced at youth services centers — Disposition of funds - All funds derived from the sale of agricultural products, livestock,...

§ 9-28-214. Penalty for escape - (a) If charged and found guilty as an adult for...

§ 9-28-215. Departure without authorization — Release of information — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “identifying and descriptive information”...

§ 9-28-216. Separation of juvenile offenders — Rules — Review - (a) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to...

§ 9-28-217. Juvenile records confidentiality - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Subchapter 3 - Random Health Inspections of Division of Youth Services Facilities

§ 9-28-301. Inspections — Timing — Report — Audit - (a) In order to assure that juveniles committed to facilities...

§ 9-28-302. Security inspections - (a) (1) In order to assure that citizens of the...

Subchapter 4 - Child Welfare Agency Licensing Act

§ 9-28-401. Short title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Child Welfare Agency...

§ 9-28-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adoptive home” means a...

§ 9-28-403. Child Welfare Agency Review Board — Creation — Authority - (a) (1) There is created the Child Welfare Agency Review...

§ 9-28-404. Child Welfare Agency Review Board — Composition - (a) The Child Welfare Agency Review Board shall consist of...

§ 9-28-405. Child Welfare Agency Review Board — Duties - (a) (1) The Child Welfare Agency Review Board shall promulgate...

§ 9-28-406. Department enforcement duties - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall advise the...

§ 9-28-407. Licenses required and issued - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership,...

§ 9-28-408. Church-related exemption — Definition - (a) (1) Any church or group of churches exempt from...

§ 9-28-409. Criminal record and child maltreatment checks - (a) (1) Each of the following persons in a child...

§ 9-28-410. Voluntary respite care agreement — Exemption and penalties - (a) (1) (A) A voluntary respite care provider is exempt...

§ 9-28-415. Foster home — Care requirements and limitations - (a) A foster home shall: (1) Provide substitute care within...

Subchapter 6 - Therapeutic Group Homes and Independent Living Programs

§ 9-28-601. Legislative intent - In a significant number of cases, the health, safety, welfare,...

§ 9-28-602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Division” means the Division...

§ 9-28-603. Establishment - (a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of...

Subchapter 7 - Community-Based Sanctions

§ 9-28-701. Legislative findings - (a) Presently circuit judges must often choose between imposing no...

§ 9-28-702. Sanctions — Use and availability - (a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of...

§ 9-28-703. Sanctions — Position - (a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of...

§ 9-28-704. Contracts with community-based providers - (a) Each new professional or consultant service contract over twenty-five...

Subchapter 8 - Housing for Juvenile Offenders Between the Ages of Eighteen and Twenty-One

§ 9-28-801. Facility to house older juvenile offenders established - (a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of...

Subchapter 9 - Foster Parent Support Act

§ 9-28-901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-28-902. Findings - (a) The General Assembly finds that foster parents providing care...

§ 9-28-903. Foster parent support - Foster parents should be supported in the following manner: (1)...

Subchapter 10 - Safeguards for Children in Foster Care Act

§ 9-28-1001. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-28-1002. Findings and purpose - (a) The General Assembly acknowledges that society has a responsibility,...

§ 9-28-1003. Safeguards for children in foster care - (a) Special safeguards, resources, and care should be provided to...

Subchapter 12 - Youth Justice Reform Board

§ 9-28-1201. Youth Justice Reform Board — Creation — Membership - (a) To ensure statewide accountability for the delivery of youth...

§ 9-28-1202. Powers and duties — Definitions - (a) As used in this section and § 9-28-1203: (1)...

§ 9-28-1203. Savings in state costs realized from reduction in number of secure out-of-home placements - (a) (1) The Division of Youth Services shall establish a...

Chapter 29 - Interstate Compacts

Subchapter 2 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

§ 9-29-201. Text of Compact - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is enacted...

§ 9-29-202. Role of Governor — Appointment of compact administrator - As used in Article VII of the Interstate Compact on...

§ 9-29-203. Enforcement - (a) The “appropriate public authorities” as used in Article III...

§ 9-29-204. Secretary of the Department of Human Services to determine when to discharge child - As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the...

§ 9-29-205. Agreements with other states pursuant to the compact - The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions...

§ 9-29-206. Agreements concerning visitation or supervision - Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes,...

§ 9-29-207. Courts authorized to place children in other states pursuant to this compact - Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place...

§ 9-29-208. Financial responsibility for placed children - Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions...

Subchapter 3 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance

§ 9-29-301. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance - SECTION 1 It is the purpose and policy of the...

Subchapter 4 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles

§ 9-29-401. Text of Compact - The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and...

Chapter 30 - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

§ 9-30-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Child” means a person...

§ 9-30-105. Powers and duties of the Department of Human Services - (a) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules necessary...

§ 9-30-106. Receipt of money - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall be the...

§ 9-30-107. Disbursement of funds - (a) The Department of Human Services may disburse money appropriated...

§ 9-30-108. Criteria for grants or loans - Regarding the Children's Trust Fund, in making grants or loans...

§ 9-30-109. Children's Trust Fund - (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer...

Chapter 31 - Youth Services

Subchapter 2 - ADEPT Program

§ 9-31-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “ADEPT” means a program...

§ 9-31-202. Objectives and duties - The ADEPT program shall: (1) (A) Provide services to adjudicated...

Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Youth Mediation Program Act

§ 9-31-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 9-31-402. Legislative purpose - The General Assembly recognizes: (1) That the youth of Arkansas...

§ 9-31-403. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Mediation” means a process...

§ 9-31-404. Powers and responsibilities of the Arkansas Youth Mediation Program - (a) (1) There is created a program that shall be...

§ 9-31-405. Program goals - The Arkansas Youth Mediation Program's goals are to: (1) Reduce...

Subchapter 5 - Science of Reading

§ 9-31-501. Dyslexia screening — Intervention services - (a) Within thirty (30) calendar days, excluding holidays, of being...

§ 9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading - (a) An individual who teaches nonreaders and juveniles reading at...

Chapter 32 - Child Welfare

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 9-32-101. Collaboration of state agencies to form and implement statewide child abduction response teams - (a) (1) The following agencies shall collaborate in a multiagency...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act

§ 9-32-201. Short title - This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited...

§ 9-32-202. Legislative findings - To enhance the public's access to child welfare program performance...

§ 9-32-203. Quarterly performance reports - (a) (1) The Division of Youth Services, the Division of...

§ 9-32-204. Annual performance reports — Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card - (a) (1) (A) The Division of Youth Services, the Division...

§ 9-32-205. Annual performance audits - (a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall...

§ 9-32-206. Provision of information and assistance - (a) The Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging,...

§ 9-32-207. Annual report to General Assembly - The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall report...

Chapter 34 - Voluntary Placement of a Child

Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Delivery of a Child

§ 9-34-201. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Fire department” means any...

§ 9-34-202. Delivery to medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department - (a) Any medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department...

§ 9-34-203. Care of the child - (a) Upon delivery of the child to a medical provider,...

§ 9-34-204. Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse - The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department...

Title 9 — Appendix Administrative Order Number 10 — Child Support Guidelines

Title 9 — Appendix Administrative Order Number 10 — Child Support Guidelines - The Per Curiam Orders of the Supreme Court of Arkansas...

section I. Authority and Scope - Pursuant to Act 948 of 1989, as amended, codified at...

section II. Use of the Guidelines - There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child...

section III. Gross Income - Income” means the actual gross income of the parent, if...

section IV. Health Insurance, Extraordinary Medical Expenses, and Childcare Costs - Three additional child-rearing expenses—health insurance premiums, extraordinary medical expenses, and...

section V. Computation of Child Support - 3 The Guidelines intend for the court to deviate (in...

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