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AR Code § 9-10-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-110. Judgment for lying-in expenses — Commitment on failure to pay

 (a) If it is found by the court that the accused is the father of the child, the court shall render judgment against him for the lying-in expenses in favor of the mother, person, or agency incurring the lying-in expenses, if claimed.  (b) If the lying-in expenses are not paid upon the rendition of the judgment, together with all costs that may be adjudged against him in the case, then the court shall have the power to commit the accused person to jail until the lying-in expenses are paid, with all costs.  (c)  (1) Bills and invoices for pregnancy and childbirth expenses and paternity testing are admissible as evidence in the circuit court or juvenile division of circuit court without third-party foundation testimony if such bills or invoices are regular on their face.  (2) Such bills or invoices shall constitute prima facie evidence of amounts incurred for such services or for testing on behalf of the child.
AR Code § 9-10-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-111. Judgment for child support — Bond

 (a) If it is found by the circuit court that the accused is the father of the child and, if claimed by the mother, the circuit court or circuit judge shall give judgment for a monthly sum of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) per month for every month from the birth of the child until the child attains eighteen (18) years of age.  (b)  (1) The court shall further order that the father enter into bond to the State of Arkansas in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500), with good and sufficient security.  (2) The bond shall be void if the person or his executors or administrators indemnify each county in this state from all costs and expenses for the maintenance or otherwise of the child while under eighteen (18) years of age and for the payment of the monthly payments that may be adjudged as provided in subsection (a) of this section.  (3) Bonds shall be approved by the circuit judge and an entry made on the record of the conditions and the securities thereon.    (c) If the person refuses or neglects to enter into bond with security as provided in this section, the circuit judge shall commit him to the jail of the county, there to remain until he complies with the order or until he is otherwise discharged according to law.
AR Code § 9-10-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-113. Custody of child born outside of marriage

 (a) When a child is born to an unmarried woman, legal custody of that child shall be in the woman giving birth to the child until the child reaches eighteen (18) years of age unless a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order placing the child in the custody of another party.  (b) A biological father, provided he has established paternity in a court of competent jurisdiction, may petition the circuit court in the county where the child resides for custody of the child.  (c) The court may award custody to the biological father upon a showing that:  (1) He is a fit parent to raise the child;  (2) He has assumed his responsibilities toward the child by providing care, supervision, protection, and financial support for the child; and  (3) It is in the best interest of the child to award custody to the biological father.    (d) When in the best interest of a child, visitation shall be awarded in a way that assures the frequent and continuing contact of the child with the mother and the biological father.
AR Code § 9-10-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-114. Visitation rights of father

 When any circuit court in this state determines the paternity of a child and orders the father to make periodic payments for support of the child, the court may also grant reasonable visitation rights to the father and may issue such orders as may be necessary to enforce the visitation rights.
AR Code § 9-10-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-119. Revival of judgment

 The judgment may be revived against the executor or administrator of the person against whom the judgment was rendered.
AR Code § 9-10-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-120. Effect of acknowledgment of paternity

 (a) A man is the father of a child for all intents and purposes if he and the mother execute an acknowledgment of paternity of the child pursuant to § 20-18-408 or § 20-18-409, or a similar acknowledgment executed during the child's minority.  (b)  (1) Acknowledgments of paternity shall by operation of law constitute a conclusive finding of paternity, subject to the modification of orders or judgments under § 9-10-115, and shall be recognized by the circuit courts and juvenile divisions thereof as creating a parent and child relationship between father and child.  (2) Such acknowledgments of paternity shall also be recognized as forming the basis for establishment and enforcement of a child support or visitation order without a further proceeding to establish paternity.    (c) The Department of Health shall offer voluntary paternity establishment services in all of its offices throughout the state. The Department of Health shall coordinate such services with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (d) Upon submission of the acknowledgment of paternity to the Division of Vital Records, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall accordingly establish a new or amended certificate of birth reflecting the name of the father as recited in the acknowledgment of paternity.  (e) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration and the hospital, birthing center, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife delivering the child shall enter into cooperative agreements to compensate at a rate not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) for each acknowledgment of paternity forwarded by the hospital, birthing center, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife to the office.
AR Code § 9-10-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-10-121. Termination of certain parental rights for putative fathers convicted of rape

 (a) All rights of a putative father to custody, visitation, or other contact with a child conceived as a result of a rape shall be terminated immediately upon conviction of the rape in which the child was conceived under § 5-14-103.  (b) The biological mother of a child conceived as a result of rape may petition the court under § 9-10-104 to reinstate the parental rights of a putative father terminated under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) A putative father to a child conceived as a result of rape shall pay child support as provided under § 9-10-109.  (d) A child conceived as a result of rape is entitled to:  (1) Child support under § 9-10-109; and  (2) Inheritance under the Arkansas Inheritance Code of 1969, § 28-9-201 et seq.
AR Code § 9-10-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 2 - Artificial Insemination|§ 9-10-201. Child born to married or unmarried woman — Presumptions — Surrogate mothers

 (a) Any child born to a married woman by means of artificial insemination shall be deemed the legitimate natural child of the woman and the woman's husband if the husband consents in writing to the artificial insemination.  (b) A child born by means of artificial insemination to a woman who is married at the time of the birth of the child shall be presumed to be the child of the woman giving birth and the woman's husband except in the case of a surrogate mother, in which event the child shall be that of:  (1) The biological father and the woman intended to be the mother if the biological father is married;  (2) The biological father only if unmarried; or  (3) The woman intended to be the mother in cases of a surrogate mother when an anonymous donor's sperm was utilized for artificial insemination.    (c)  (1) A child born by means of artificial insemination to a woman who is unmarried at the time of the birth of the child shall be, for all legal purposes, the child of the woman giving birth, except in the case of a surrogate mother, in which event the child shall be that of:  (A) The biological father and the woman intended to be the mother if the biological father is married;  (B) The biological father only if unmarried; or  (C) The woman intended to be the mother in cases of a surrogate mother when an anonymous donor's sperm was utilized for artificial insemination.    (2) For birth registration purposes, in cases of surrogate mothers the woman giving birth shall be presumed to be the natural mother and shall be listed as such on the certificate of birth, but a substituted certificate of birth may be issued upon orders of a court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 9-10-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 10 - Paternity|Subchapter 2 - Artificial Insemination|§ 9-10-202. Supervision by physician — Written agreement

 (a) Artificial insemination of a woman shall only be performed under the supervision of a physician licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.  (b) Prior to conducting the artificial insemination, the supervising physician shall obtain from the woman and her husband or the donor of the semen a written statement attesting to the agreement to the artificial insemination, and the physician shall certify their signatures and the date of the insemination.
AR Code § 9-11-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-101. Marriage a civil contract — Consent of parties

 Marriage is considered in law a civil contract to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is necessary.
AR Code § 9-11-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-102. Minimum age — Parental consent — Definition

 (a) Every male who has arrived at the full age of seventeen (17) years and every female who has arrived at the full age of seventeen (17) years shall be capable in law of contracting marriage.  (b)  (1)  (A) However, males and females under the age of eighteen (18) years shall furnish the clerk, before the marriage license can be issued, satisfactory evidence of the consent of the parent or parents or guardian to the marriage.  (B) As used in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section, “satisfactory evidence” means a verified affidavit signed in the presence of a notary that states that the parent or parents or guardian of the minor consents to the marriage.    (2)  (A) The consent of both parents of each contracting party shall be necessary before the marriage license can be issued by the clerk unless the parents have been divorced and custody of the child has been awarded to one (1) of the parents exclusive of the other, or unless the custody of the child has been surrendered by one (1) of the parents through abandonment or desertion, in which cases the consent of the parent who has custody of the child shall be sufficient.  (B) The consent of the parent may be voided by the order of a circuit court on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that:  (i) The parent is not fit to make decisions concerning the child; and  (ii) The marriage is not in the child's best interest.        (c) There shall be a waiting period of five (5) business days for any marriage license issued under subdivision (b)(2) of this section.  (d) If a child has a pending case in the circuit court, a parent who files consent under subsection (b) of this section shall immediately notify the circuit court, all parties, and attorneys to the pending case.
AR Code § 9-11-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-103. Minimum age — Exception

 (a)  (1) If an application for a marriage license is made where one (1) or both parties are under eighteen (18) years of age but older than sixteen (16) years of age and the female is pregnant, both parties may appear before a judge of the circuit court of the district where the application for a marriage license is being made.  (2) Evidence shall be submitted as to:  (A) The pregnancy of the female in the form of a certificate from a licensed and regularly practicing physician of the State of Arkansas;  (B) The birth certificates of both parties; and  (C) Parental consent of each party who may be under the minimum age.    (3) Thereupon, after consideration of the evidence and other facts and circumstances, if the judge finds that it is to the best interest of the parties, the judge may enter an order authorizing and directing the county clerk to issue a marriage license to the parties.  (4) The county clerk shall retain a copy of the order on file in the clerk's office with the other papers.    (b) However, if the female has given birth to the child, the court before whom the parties are to appear, if satisfied that it would be to the best interests of all the interested parties and if all the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are complied with, with the exception of the physician's certificate as to the pregnancy, may enter an order authorizing and directing the county clerk to issue a marriage license as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 9-11-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-104. Minimum age — Lack of parental consent or misrepresentation of age — Annulment

 In all cases in which the consent of the parent or parents or guardian is not provided, or there has been a misrepresentation of age by a contracting party, the marriage contract may be set aside and annulled upon the application of the parent or parents or guardian to the circuit court having jurisdiction of the cause.
AR Code § 9-11-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-105. Marriage of underage parties voidable

 (a) The marriage of any male under the full age of seventeen (17) years and the marriage of any female under the full age of sixteen (16) years is voidable.  (b) All marriages contracted prior to March 26, 1964, where one (1) or both parties to the contract were under the minimum age prescribed by law for contracting marriage are declared to be voidable only and shall be valid for all intents and purposes unless voided by a court of competent jurisdiction.  (c) All marriages contracted between July 30, 2007, and April 2, 2008, in which one (1) or both parties to the contract were under the minimum age prescribed by law for contracting marriage are voidable only and are valid for all intents and purposes unless voided by a court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 9-11-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-106. Incestuous marriages — Penalties for entering into or solemnizing

 (a) All marriages between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, and between aunts and nephews, and between first cousins are declared to be incestuous and absolutely void. This section shall extend to illegitimate children and relations.  (b) Whoever contracts marriage in fact, contrary to the prohibitions of subsection (a) of this section, and whoever knowingly solemnizes the marriage shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the jury who shall pass on the case, or if the conviction shall be by confession, or on demurrer, then at the discretion of the court.
AR Code § 9-11-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-107. Validity of foreign marriages

 (a) All marriages contracted outside this state that would be valid by the laws of the state or country in which the marriages were consummated and in which the parties then actually resided shall be valid in all the courts in this state.  (b) This section shall not apply to a marriage between persons of the same sex.
AR Code § 9-11-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-108. Presumption of spouse's death — Validity of subsequent marriage

 In all cases in which any husband abandons his wife, or a wife her husband, and resides beyond the limits of this state for the term of five (5) successive years, without being known to the other spouse to be living during that time, the abandoning party's death shall be presumed. Any subsequent marriage entered into after the end of the five (5) years shall be as valid as if the husband or wife were dead.
AR Code § 9-11-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-11-109. Validity of same-sex marriages

 Marriage shall be only between a man and a woman. A marriage between persons of the same sex is void.
AR Code § 9-11-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-201. Licenses required

 (a) All persons hereafter contracting marriage in this state are required to first obtain a license from the clerk of the county court of some county in this state.  (b) On and after July 1, 1997, the county clerk shall record the Social Security numbers of the persons obtaining a marriage license on the marriage license application or the coupon for the marriage license. If an applicant does not possess a Social Security number, the clerk shall note this representation on the marriage license application or the coupon for the marriage license.  (c)  (1) The county clerk shall transmit Social Security numbers of marriage license applicants to the Division of Vital Records. The clerk is not required to otherwise maintain or report the Social Security numbers of marriage license applicants. Compliance with the Social Security number reporting requirements of this section by the clerk of the county court shall be deemed to satisfy licensing entity reporting requirements under this section relative to marriage licenses.  (2) The Division of Vital Records shall allow the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration access to such Social Security information and on an automated basis to the maximum extent feasible.
AR Code § 9-11-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-202. Form of license

 (a) The license may be in the following form:  (b) The party solemnizing the rites of matrimony shall endorse on the license his or her certificate of that fact in the following form:  (c) If the parties intend to contract a covenant marriage, the application for a marriage license must also include the following statement completed by at least one (1) of the two (2) parties:    “State of Arkansas, County of To any person authorized by law to solemnize marriage: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the rites and publish the banns of matrimony between A. B., age years, and D.C., age years, according to law, and officially sign and return this license to the parties herein named. Issued with official seal, this day of , 20 . [L. S.]”   Click to view form.   “State of Arkansas, County of ss I, A. B., do hereby certify that on the day of , 20 , I did duly, and according to law as commanded in the foregoing license, solemnize the rites and publish the banns of matrimony between the parties herein named. Witness my hand this day of , 20 . A. B., Justice of the Peace” (Or insert whatever title the party has, as minister, etc.)   Click to view form.   “We, [insert name of spouse] and [insert name of spouse], declare our intent to contract a covenant marriage and accordingly have executed the attached declaration of intent.”
AR Code § 9-11-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-203. Issuance by clerks

 (a) The clerks of the county courts of the several counties in this state are required to furnish the license upon:  (1) Application's being made;  (2) Being fully assured that applicants are lawfully entitled to the license; and  (3) Receipt of his or her fee.    (b) It shall be lawful for clerks of the circuit courts to issue marriage licenses in counties having two (2) judicial districts.  (c)  (1) In addition to the standard certificate of marriage issued under subsection (a) of this section, the county clerk shall offer and, upon payment of a fee established by rule promulgated by the Department of Human Services, issue an heirloom certificate of marriage.  (2)  (A) The department shall adopt rules for the design of the heirloom certificate and shall print and distribute the certificates to each county clerk in this state.  (B)  (i) The department shall set the amount of the fee for the heirloom certificates to exceed the estimated actual costs for the development and distribution of the certificates but not to exceed the estimated fair market value of a comparable artistic rendition.  (ii) The fee is in addition to any other fee established by law for the issuance of a certificate of marriage.  (iii) The additional fees from the sale of heirloom certificates shall be transmitted monthly by the county clerk to the Treasurer of State for deposit into the State Treasury to the credit of the Children's Trust Fund.      (3)  (A) The heirloom certificate shall be in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records and suitable for display.  (B) It may bear the seal of the state and may be signed by the Governor.    (4) An heirloom certificate of marriage issued under this subsection has the same status as evidence as the standard certificate of marriage issued under subsection (a) of this section.  (5) Heirloom certificates of marriage may be issued for any marriage certificate issued at any time in this state, whether before or after August 13, 2001.    (d) It is not a requirement that a marriage license be signed by a county clerk for the license to be effective.
AR Code § 9-11-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Marriage|Subchapter 2 - License and Ceremony|§ 9-11-204. Issuance of license unlawfully — Penalty

 If any county clerk in this state shall issue any license contrary to the provisions of this act, or to any persons who are declared by law as not entitled to the license, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).