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AR Code § 9-15-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-15-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Commercial mobile radio service” means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332;  (2) “County where the petitioner resides” means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include a county where the petitioner is located for a short-term stay in a domestic violence shelter;  (3)  (A) “Dating relationship” means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors:  (i) The length of the relationship;  (ii) The type of the relationship; and  (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.    (B) “Dating relationship” does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;    (4) “Domestic abuse” means:  (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or  (B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;    (5) “Family or household members” means spouses, former spouses, parents and children, persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity, in-laws, any children residing in the household, persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together, persons who have or have had a child in common, and persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together;  (6) “In-laws” means persons related by marriage within the second degree of consanguinity; and  (7) “Wireless telephone service provider” means a commercial mobile radio service provider or reseller.
AR Code § 9-15-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-201. Petition — Requirements generally

 (a) All petitions under this chapter shall be verified.  (b) The petition shall be filed in the county where the petitioner resides, where the alleged incident of abuse occurred, or where the respondent may be served.  (c)  (1) A petition for relief under this chapter may be filed in the circuit court.  (2) A petition for relief under this chapter may be filed in a pilot district court if the jurisdiction is established by the Supreme Court under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 7, and if the cases are assigned to the pilot district court through the administrative plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.    (d) A petition may be filed by:  (1) Any adult family or household member on behalf of himself or herself;  (2) Any adult family or household member on behalf of another family or household member who is a minor, including a married minor;  (3) Any adult family or household member on behalf of another family or household member who has been adjudicated an incompetent; or  (4) An employee or volunteer of a domestic-violence shelter or program on behalf of a minor, including a married minor.    (e)  (1) A petition for relief shall:  (A) Allege the existence of domestic abuse;  (B) Disclose the existence of any pending litigation between the parties; and  (C) Disclose any prior filings of a petition for an order of protection under this chapter.    (2) The petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit made under oath that states the specific facts and circumstances of the domestic abuse and the specific relief sought.    (f) The petition may be filed regardless of whether there is any pending litigation between the parties.  (g) A person's right to file a petition, or obtain relief hereunder shall not be affected by his or her leaving the residence or household to avoid abuse.
AR Code § 9-15-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-202. Filing fees

 (a)  (1) The court, clerks of the court, and law enforcement agencies shall not require any initial filing fees or service costs.  (2) A claim or counterclaim for other relief, including without limitation divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, or paternity shall not be asserted in an action brought under this subchapter except to the extent permitted in this subchapter.    (b)  (1) Established filing fees may be assessed against the respondent at the full hearing.  (2) Filing fees under this section shall be collected by the county official, agency, or department designated under § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in circuit court and shall be remitted on or before the tenth day of each month to the office of county treasurer for deposit to the county administration of justice fund.  (3) The county shall remit on or before the fifteenth day of each month all sums received in excess of the amounts necessary to fund the expenses enumerated in § 16-10-307(b) and (c) during the previous month from the uniform filing fees provided for in § 21-6-403, the uniform court costs provided for in § 16-10-305, and the fees provided for in this section to the Administration of Justice Funds Section of the Department of Finance and Administration for deposit into the State Administration of Justice Fund.    (c)  (1) The abused in a domestic violence petition for relief for a protection order sought under this subchapter shall not bear the cost associated with its filing or the costs associated with the issuance or service of a warrant and witness subpoena.  (2) This subsection does not prohibit a judge from assessing costs against a petitioner if the allegations of abuse are determined after a hearing to be false.    (d)  (1) An additional court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed and remitted to the Administration of Justice Funds Section by the court clerk for deposit as special revenues into the Domestic Violence Shelter Fund if a person is a convicted perpetrator of domestic abuse or is the respondent on a permanent order of protection entered by a court under this chapter.  (2) The court clerk shall disburse all court costs collected each month under subdivision (d)(1) of this section to the Administration of Justice Funds Section by the fifteenth working day of the following month.
AR Code § 9-15-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-204. Hearing — Service

 (a)  (1) When a petition is filed pursuant to this chapter, the court shall order a hearing to be held on the petition for the order of protection not later than thirty (30) days from the date on which the petition is filed or at the next court date, whichever is later.  (2) A denial of an ex parte temporary order of relief does not deny the petitioner the right to a full hearing on the merits.    (b)  (1) Service of a copy of the petition, the ex parte temporary order of protection, if issued, and notice of the date and place set for the hearing described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be made upon the respondent:  (A) At least five (5) days before the date of the hearing; and  (B) In accordance with the applicable rules of service under the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.    (2) If service cannot be made on the respondent, the court may set a new date for the hearing.    (c) This section does not preclude the court from setting an earlier hearing.
AR Code § 9-15-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-205. Relief generally — Duration

 (a) At the hearing on the petition filed under this chapter, upon a finding of domestic abuse as defined in § 9-15-103, the court may provide the following relief:  (1) Exclude the abusing party from the dwelling that the parties share or from the residence of the petitioner or victim;  (2) Exclude the abusing party from the place of business or employment, school, or other location of the petitioner or victim;  (3)  (A) Award temporary custody or establish temporary visitation rights with regard to minor children of the parties.  (B)  (i) If a previous child custody or visitation determination has been made by another court with continuing jurisdiction with regard to the minor children of the parties, a temporary child custody or visitation determination may be made under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section.  (ii) The order shall remain in effect until the court with original jurisdiction enters a subsequent order regarding the children;      (4) Order temporary support for minor children or a spouse, with such support to be enforced in the manner prescribed by law for other child support and alimony awards;  (5) Allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs;  (6) Prohibit the abusing party directly or through an agent from contacting the petitioner or victim except under specific conditions named in the order;  (7) Direct the care, custody, or control of any pet owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by either party residing in the household; and  (8)  (A) Order other relief as the court deems necessary or appropriate for the protection of a family or household member.  (B) The relief may include, but not be limited to, enjoining and restraining the abusing party from doing, attempting to do, or threatening to do any act injuring, mistreating, molesting, or harassing the petitioner.      (b) Any relief granted by the court for protection under the provisions of this chapter shall be for a fixed period of time not less than ninety (90) days nor more than ten (10) years in duration, in the discretion of the court, and may be renewed at a subsequent hearing upon proof and a finding by the court that the threat of domestic abuse still exists.
AR Code § 9-15-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-206. Temporary order

 (a) When a petition under this chapter alleges an immediate and present danger of domestic abuse or that the respondent is scheduled to be released from incarceration within thirty (30) days and upon the respondent's release there will be an immediate and present danger of domestic abuse, the court shall grant a temporary order of protection pending a full hearing if the court finds sufficient evidence to support the petition.  (b) An ex parte temporary order of protection may:  (1) Include any of the orders provided in §§ 9-15-203 and 9-15-205; and  (2) Provide the following relief:  (A) Exclude the abusing party from the dwelling that the parties share or from the residence of the petitioner or victim;  (B) Exclude the abusing party from the place of business or employment, school, or other location of the petitioner or victim;  (C) Award temporary custody or establish temporary visitation rights with regard to minor children of the parties;  (D) Order temporary support for minor children or a spouse, with such support to be enforced in the manner prescribed by law for other child support and alimony awards;  (E) Prohibit the abusing party directly or through an agent from contacting the petitioner or victim except under specific conditions named in the order; and  (F)  (i) Order such other relief as the court considers necessary or appropriate for the protection of a family or household member.  (ii) The relief may include without limitation enjoining and restraining the abusing party from doing, attempting to do, or threatening to do an act injuring, mistreating, molesting, or harassing the petitioner.        (c) An ex parte temporary order of protection is effective until the date of the hearing described in § 9-15-204.  (d) Incarceration or imprisonment of the abusing party shall not bar the court from issuing an ex parte temporary order of protection.
AR Code § 9-15-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-208. Law enforcement assistance

 (a) When an order of protection is issued under this chapter, upon request of the petitioner the circuit court may order a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction to accompany the petitioner and assist in placing the petitioner in possession of the dwelling or residence or to otherwise assist in execution or service of the order of protection.  (b) The court may also order a law enforcement officer to assist the petitioner in returning to the residence and getting personal effects.
AR Code § 9-15-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-209. Modification of orders

 Any order of protection issued by the circuit court pursuant to a petition filed as authorized in this chapter may be modified upon application of either party, notice to all parties, and a hearing thereon.
AR Code § 9-15-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-210. Contempt proceedings

 When a petitioner or any law enforcement officer files an affidavit with a circuit court that has issued an order of protection under the provisions of this chapter alleging that the respondent or person restrained has violated the order, the court may issue an order to the respondent or person restrained requiring that person to appear and show cause why he or she should not be found in contempt.
AR Code § 9-15-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-212. Effect of no contact order

 A no contact order shall prohibit the person from making contact, directly or through an agent, except under such conditions as may be provided in the order.
AR Code § 9-15-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-213. Police conduct and procedure

 All law enforcement officers shall follow the same procedures as outlined in § 16-90-1107.
AR Code § 9-15-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-214. Denial of relief prohibited

 The circuit court shall not deny a petitioner relief solely because the act of domestic or family violence and the filing of the petition did not occur within one hundred twenty (120) days.
AR Code § 9-15-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-215. Factors in determining custody and visitation

 (a) In addition to other factors that a circuit court shall consider in a proceeding in which the temporary custody of a child or temporary visitation by a parent is at issue and in which the court has made a finding of domestic or family violence, the court shall consider:  (1) As primary the safety and well-being of the child and of the parent who is the plaintiff of domestic or family violence; and  (2) The defendant's history of causing physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or causing reasonable fear of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault to another person.    (b) If a parent is absent or relocates because of an act of domestic or family violence by the other parent, the absence or relocation is not a factor that weighs against the parent in determining custody or visitation.  (c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the best interest of the child to be placed in the custody of an abusive parent in cases in which there is a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that a pattern of abuse has occurred.
AR Code § 9-15-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-216. Mutual orders of protection — Separate orders of protection

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a circuit court shall not grant a mutual order of protection to opposing parties.  (b) Separate orders of protection restraining each opposing party may only be granted in cases in which each party:  (1) Has properly filed and served a petition for an order of protection;  (2) Has committed domestic abuse as defined in § 9-15-103;  (3) Poses a risk of violence to the other; and  (4) Has otherwise satisfied all prerequisites for the type of order and remedies sought.
AR Code § 9-15-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 2 - Judicial Proceedings|§ 9-15-217. Order of protection — Violations — Domestic violence surveillance program — Global positioning devices — Definition

 (a)  (1)  (A) A person who is charged with violating an ex parte order of protection under § 5-53-134 may be ordered as a condition of his or her release from custody to be placed under electronic surveillance at his or her expense until the charge is adjudicated.  (B) A person who is charged with violating a final order of protection under § 5-53-134 may be ordered as a condition of his or her release from custody to be placed under electronic surveillance at his or her expense until the charge is adjudicated.    (2) The court having jurisdiction over the charge may order the defendant released from electronic surveillance before the adjudication of the charge.    (b) A person who is found guilty of violating an order of protection may be placed under electronic surveillance at his or her expense as part of his or her sentence for a minimum of four (4) months but not to exceed one (1) year.  (c) As used in this section, “electronic surveillance” means active surveillance technology worn by or attached to a person that is a single-piece device that immediately notifies law enforcement or other monitors of a violation of the distance requirements or locations that the defendant is barred from entering and may also include technology that:  (1) Immediately notifies the victim of any violation;  (2) Allows law enforcement or monitors to speak to the offender in some manner through or in conjunction with the device;  (3) Has a loud alarm that can be activated to warn the potential victim of the offender's presence in a place he or she is barred from entering;  (4) Is waterproof; and  (5) Can be tracked by either satellite or cellular phone tower triangulation.
AR Code § 9-15-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 3 - Orders of Protection from Other Jurisdictions|§ 9-15-303. Immunity from liability

 (a) Law enforcement officers and law enforcement agencies shall be immune from civil or criminal liability if acting in good faith in an effort to comply with this subchapter.  (b) A military order of protection as defined under § 5-53-134(f)(1) shall be enforced by law enforcement of this state according to the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 9-15-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act”.
AR Code § 9-15-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-402. Findings — Purpose

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) There are many resources to support victims of domestic abuse after the abuse has occurred. However, the issues of how to prevent spousal abuse and the possible solution of creating a safety plan for the spouse and the children in the household have received very little attention;  (2) Exposure to domestic abuse and spousal abuse has a devastating impact on both the children and adults in households and communities, regardless of whether they are direct victims of abuse or witnesses to it; and  (3) Children exposed to such violence at an early age are likely to become either perpetrators of abuse or victims of violence in adulthood, which is a cycle that can only be stopped through intervention and education.    (b) The purpose of this subchapter is to reduce the occurrence of spousal abuse and to reduce the exposure of children to spousal abuse by creating a safety plan for the spouse that is a victim of the spousal abuse and for the children in the household.
AR Code § 9-15-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-403. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Emotional abuse” means any of the following acts:  (A) Verbally attacking or threatening a spouse by yelling, screaming, or name-calling;  (B) Using criticism, social isolation, intimidation, or exploitation to dominate a spouse;  (C) Criminally harassing a spouse;  (D) Stalking a spouse;  (E) Threatening a spouse or his or her loved ones;  (F) Damaging a spouse's possessions; or  (G) Harming the pet of a spouse;    (2)  (A) “Physical abuse” means any of the following acts:  (i) Using physical force in a way that injures a spouse or puts him or her at risk of being injured; or  (ii) Beating, hitting, shaking, pushing, choking, biting, burning, kicking, or assaulting a spouse with a weapon.    (B) “Physical abuse” may consist of one (1) or more incidents described under subdivision (2)(A) of this section;    (3)  (A) “Sexual abuse” means any of the following acts:  (i) Forcing a spouse to participate in unwanted, unsafe, or degrading sexual activity; or  (ii) Using ridicule or other tactics to try to denigrate, control, or limit a spouse's sexuality or reproductive choices.    (B) “Sexual abuse” includes rape, sexual assault, or sexual harassment; and    (4)  (A) “Spousal abuse” means an act of violence or mistreatment that a woman or a man may experience at the hands of his or her marital partner, regardless of the timing of the act in terms of the stage of the relationship.  (B) “Spousal abuse” includes any of the following committed by a spouse against his or her spouse:  (i) Emotional abuse;  (ii) Physical abuse; or  (iii) Sexual abuse.