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AR Code § 9-13-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-110. Parents who are members of armed forces — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Armed forces” means the National Guard and the reserve components of the armed forces, the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Air Force, and any other branch of the military and naval forces or auxiliaries of the United States or Arkansas; and  (2) “Mobilized parent” means a parent who:  (A) Is a member of the armed forces; and  (B) Is called to active duty or receives orders for duty that is outside the state or country.      (b) A court shall not permanently modify an order for child custody or visitation solely on the basis that one (1) of the parents is a mobilized parent.  (c)  (1) A court of competent jurisdiction shall determine whether a temporary modification to an order for child custody or visitation is appropriate for a child or children of a mobilized parent.  (2) The determination under this subsection (c) includes consideration of any and all circumstances that are necessary to maximize the mobilized parent's time and contact with his or her child that is consistent with the best interest of the child, including without limitation:  (A) The ordered length of the mobilized parent's call to active duty;  (B) The mobilized parent's duty station or stations;  (C) The opportunity that the mobilized parent will have for contact with the child through a leave, a pass, or other authorized absence from duty;  (D) The contact that the mobilized parent has had with the child before the call to active military duty;  (E) The nature of the military mission, if known; and  (F) Any other factor that the court deems appropriate under the circumstances.      (d) This section shall not limit the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to permanently modify an order of child custody or visitation in the event that a parent volunteers for permanent military duty as a career choice regardless of whether the parent volunteered for permanent military duty while a member of the armed forces.
AR Code § 9-13-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 3 - Personal Records of Child|§ 9-13-301. Noncustodial parent's right to child's scholastic records — Definitions

 (a) As used in this subchapter:  (1) “Child” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age; and  (2) “College” means any public institution of higher education.    (b) Any noncustodial parent who has been awarded visitation rights by the court with respect to a child shall be provided upon request a copy of the current scholastic records of the child by the school district or college attended by the child.
AR Code § 9-13-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 3 - Personal Records of Child|§ 9-13-302. Penalty for noncompliance

 Refusal by any school district or college official or employee having custody or control of student scholastic records to provide such records to any person entitled to receive a copy under the provisions of this subchapter shall be an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 9-13-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 4 - International Child Abduction Prevention Act|§ 9-13-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “International Child Abduction Prevention Act”.
AR Code § 9-13-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 4 - International Child Abduction Prevention Act|§ 9-13-402. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Child” means a minor under eighteen (18) years of age who is the subject of a custody or visitation:  (A) Matter currently pending before a court; or  (B) Order that has been issued by a court;    (2) “Court” means any circuit court of competent jurisdiction;  (3) “Custodian” means the custodial parent, legal guardian, or lawful custodian of the child as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Arkansas;  (4) “Dual nationality” means the simultaneous possession of citizenship in two (2) countries;  (5)  (A) “Human rights” means the basic principles that recognize each child's freedom and right to be protected from abuse and neglect.  (B) “Human rights” includes the protection of children from:  (i) Abuse and neglect;  (ii) Arranged marriages;  (iii) Child labor;  (iv) Genital mutilation;  (v) Sexual exploitation;  (vi) Slavery;  (vii) Torture and the deprivation of liberty; and  (viii) Armed conflicts.    (C) “Human rights” includes the right of children to:  (i) Survive and develop;  (ii) A name from birth;  (iii) Be granted a nationality;  (iv) Freedom of expression;  (v) Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; and  (vi) A free and compulsory education;      (6) “International child abduction” means the act of taking away, enticing away, withholding, keeping, or concealing a child from his or her parent or custodian by removing the child from the United States;  (7) “Parent” means the biological or adoptive parent of a child;  (8) “Registration” means the official act of notification or documentation of the birth, name, or lineage of an individual; and  (9) “Security professional” means:  (A) A bodyguard;  (B) An off-duty certified law enforcement officer;  (C) A person who holds a license issued by the State of Arkansas or another state; or  (D) A person who has past experience or training as a professional in the area of securing the safety of persons.
AR Code § 9-13-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 4 - International Child Abduction Prevention Act|§ 9-13-403. Prevention of international child abduction

 A custodian or parent may petition or move the court under this subchapter to determine whether one (1) or more of the measures described in § 9-13-406 is necessary to protect a child from the risk of international child abduction.
AR Code § 9-13-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 4 - International Child Abduction Prevention Act|§ 9-13-404. Considerations of court

 To determine a matter under this subchapter, the court shall consider:   (1) The best interests of the child;  (2) The right of a parent for frequent and continuing contact with his or her child;  (3) The rights of a custodian under an order from a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Arkansas;  (4) The risk of the child's becoming a victim of international child abduction by a parent, custodian, or any person acting on the behalf of the parent or custodian, based on the court's evaluation of the risk factors described in § 9-13-405;  (5) Any obstacles to locating, recovering, or returning the child if the child is a victim of international child abduction; and  (6) The potential physical or psychological harm to the child if the child is a victim of international child abduction.
AR Code § 9-13-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 4 - International Child Abduction Prevention Act|§ 9-13-407. Ex parte relief

 (a) A court shall immediately conduct an ex parte hearing if a petitioner:  (1) Alleges that:  (A) An emergency exists; and  (B) His or her child is in imminent danger of becoming a victim of international child abduction as defined under § 9-13-402(6); and    (2) Requests an ex parte hearing on the issue seeking temporary and immediate relief.    (b) At an ex parte hearing under this section, a court may grant the temporary relief necessary to prevent the child from becoming a victim of international child abduction until a full hearing on the matter can be held if the petitioner presents credible evidence that supports his or her allegation that his or her child is in imminent danger of becoming a victim of international child abduction.  (c) A temporary order issued under this section shall not be effective for more than ninety (90) days.
AR Code § 9-14-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-14-101. Implied consent to jurisdiction for child support and maintenance or to establish paternity — Service of process

 (a) Any person who establishes or acquires a marital domicile in this state, who contracts marriage in this state, or who becomes a resident of this state while legally married, and subsequently absents himself or herself from the state leaving a dependent natural or adopted child in this state and fails to support the child as required by the laws of this state, is deemed to have consented and submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action brought against that person for the support and maintenance of the child.  (b) In an action to establish paternity or to establish or enforce a child support obligation in regard to a child who is the subject of the action, a person is deemed to have consented and submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state if any of the following circumstances exists:  (1) The person engaged in sexual intercourse with the child's mother in this state during the period of the child's conception or the affected child was conceived in this state; or  (2) The person resides or has resided with the child in this state.    (c) Service of process upon any person who is deemed by this section to have consented and submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state may be made pursuant to Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.
AR Code § 9-14-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-14-103. Quarterly report of funds, moneys, etc., received for child support

 (a)  (1)  (A) Upon application of any interested person to any judge of any court of record having jurisdiction of the cause of action, the court may require any person receiving as guardian of the person, either by adoption of law or order of any court, any funds, moneys, credits, goods, chattels, or anything of value for the support, maintenance, care, or custody of a minor child to file a verified quarterly report of all moneys or goods received therefor.  (B) The report shall state the items, goods, or services, the date purchased, and from whom purchased.    (2) The quarterly report shall be filed with the clerk of the court or other body rendering the original order or decree between the first and fifteenth day of the calendar month immediately following the end of each calendar quarter.    (b)  (1) This section shall apply to all awards, orders, or decrees made by any court or legally constituted body making such award.  (2) Any report required to be made under this section shall be a public record.    (c) It is the purpose of this section and the intention of the General Assembly that any funds, moneys, credits, chattels, goods, or anything of value that have been or are ordered, decreed, adjudged, adjudicated, or awarded for the use and benefit of any minor child shall be used and inure solely to the use and benefit of the minor child for which it is or was ordered paid.
AR Code § 9-14-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-14-105. Petition for support — Definitions

 (a) The circuit courts in the several counties in this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all civil cases and matters relating to the support of a minor child or support owed to a person eighteen (18) or older that accrued during that person's minority.  (b) The following may file a petition to require the noncustodial parent or parents of a minor child to provide support for the minor child:  (1) Any parent having physical custody of a minor child;  (2) Any other person or agency to whom physical custody of a minor child has been given or relinquished;  (3) A minor child by and through his or her guardian or next friend; or  (4) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration when the parent or person to whom physical custody has been relinquished or awarded is receiving assistance in the form of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Transitional Employment Assistance, Medicaid, Foster Care Program of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq., or has contracted with the Department of Finance and Administration for the collection of support.    (c) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or above to whom support was owed during his or her minority may file a petition for a judgment against the nonsupporting parent or parents. Upon hearing, a judgment may be entered upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence for the amount of support owed and unpaid.  (d) As used in this subchapter:  (1) “Minor child” means a child less than eighteen (18) years of age; and  (2) “Noncustodial parent” means a parent who resides outside the household or institution in which the minor child resides.    (e) Any action filed pursuant to this subchapter may be brought at any time up to and including five (5) years from the date the child reaches eighteen (18) years of age.  (f) This section shall apply to all actions pending as of March 29, 1991, and filed thereafter and shall retroactively apply to all child support orders now existing.
AR Code § 9-14-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-14-108. Transfer between local jurisdictions

 (a)  (1) The court where the final adjudication of child support is rendered shall retain jurisdiction of all matters following the entry of the decree.  (2) If more than six (6) months subsequent to the final adjudication, however, each of the parties to the action has established a residence in a county of another judicial district within the state, one (1) or both of the parties may petition the court that entered the final adjudication to request that the case be transferred to another county.  (3)  (A) The case shall not be transferred absent a showing that the best interest of the parties justifies the transfer.  (B) If a justification for transfer of the case has been made, there shall be an initial presumption for transfer of the case to the county of residence of the physical custodian of the child.      (b)  (1) At the request of the person seeking to transfer the case to another judicial district, upon proper motion and affidavit, notice, and payment of a refiling fee, the court shall enter an order transferring the case and the refiling fee and charging the clerk of the court to transmit forthwith certified copies of all records pertaining to the case to the clerk of court in the judicial district where the case is being transferred.  (2) An affidavit shall accompany the motion to transfer and recite that the parent or parents, the physical custodian, and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, as appropriate, have been notified in writing that a request has been made to transfer the case to another judicial district.  (3) Notification pursuant to this section must inform each recipient that any objection must be filed within twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of the affidavit and motion for transfer.    (c) The circuit clerk receiving a transferred case shall within fourteen (14) days of receipt set up a case file, docket the case, and afford the case full faith and credit as if the case had originated in that judicial district.
AR Code § 9-14-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-14-109. Automatic assignment of rights

 (a) By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child, which public assistance is provided by the Department of Human Services under the Transitional Employment Assistance Program, i.e., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the recipient thereof shall be deemed to have assigned to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration any rights to child support from any other person as the recipient may have:  (1) In his or her own behalf or on behalf of any other family member for whom the recipient is receiving such assistance; and  (2) Accrued at the time such assistance, or any portion thereof, is accepted, to the extent possible under federal law.    (b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall give notice in writing to each applicant for such assistance. The notice shall state that acceptance of the assistance will invoke the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and will result in an automatic assignment under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) When a child is placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, any right to support from any person on behalf of the child shall be deemed to have been assigned to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services and the office for the period of time that the child remains in the custody of the state.
AR Code § 9-14-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-202. Exclusivity of remedies

 The remedies provided in this subchapter shall not be exclusive of other remedies presently existing.
AR Code § 9-14-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-205. Information required in support cases

 (a) In all cases in which the support and care of any child or children are involved, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, defendant, custodial parent or physical custodian of the child, and the noncustodial parent to keep the clerk of the circuit court informed of his or her current address when a payment of support is directed to be paid through the registry of the court or keep the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration informed of his or her current address when a payment of support is directed to be paid through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse.  (b)  (1) Each party to any case in which the support and care of any child or children are involved shall file with the clerk of the circuit court and the Office of Child Support Enforcement and update, as appropriate, his or her name, Social Security number, residential and mailing address, telephone number, driver's license number, and the employer's name and address.  (2)  (A) Information required pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be filed on a form provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts for that purpose.  (B) Forms filed with the clerk pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be:  (i) Maintained separately from the file of the case in which the support and care of any child or children are involved; and  (ii) Considered confidential and shall be open to inspection only by the following persons or entities:  (a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement;  (b) Attorneys of record for any party to the case, including, but not limited to, parties appearing pro se; and  (c) Any person or entity authorized by the circuit court in which the form is filed.          (c) In any subsequent child support enforcement action between the parties, upon sufficient showing that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of such a party, the circuit court shall deem that state due process requirements for notice and service of process have been met with respect to the party upon delivery of written notice to the most recent residential address or employer address filed with the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this subsection.
AR Code § 9-14-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-206. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Establishment — Plan — Program — Child support officers

 (a) There is established an organizational unit to be called the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration that shall administer the state plan for child support enforcement required under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.  (b) The office is designated as the single public entity for the administration of income withholding of support payments in accordance with federal law.  (c)  (1) The office is hereby designated as a law enforcement agency and may employ a child support officer in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year to assist in the service of civil and criminal process and to enforce child support orders in this state.  (2) The officers shall be duly certified law enforcement officers pursuant to § 12-9-101 et seq. and shall have the same power to execute, serve, and return all lawful warrants including warrants of arrest issued by the State of Arkansas or any political subdivision thereof.    (d)  (1)  (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, in all counties in cases in which the sheriff has returned the service papers “non est”, the office may employ a child support officer or contract with a process server to assist in the service of civil and criminal process and to enforce child support orders in this state.  (B) A child support officer so employed shall be a duly certified law enforcement officer pursuant to § 12-9-101 et seq.    (2) Process servers contracting with the office or its agent shall be appointed by the circuit court pursuant to Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or Rule 6.3 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure.  (3) A child support officer or process server shall have authority to execute, serve, and return all lawful warrants of arrest issued by the State of Arkansas or any political subdivision thereof.  (4) In any county wherein the sheriff chooses to transfer the responsibility of service of process in Title IV-D child support cases to the office, the office or its agent may employ a child support officer or contract with a process server as set forth in this subsection.