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AR Code § 9-15-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-404. Safety plans and education

 The purpose of this subchapter is to:   (1) Develop increased and improved security measures that provide greater protection for victims of spousal abuse, especially those who have orders of protection;  (2) Help victims create a safety plan to keep them and their children as safe as possible by developing publications as described under § 9-15-405 on what to do and where to go if danger occurs;  (3) Make safety plan publications as described under § 9-15-405 available in public health centers and for distribution to victims by police officers when responding to spousal abuse calls;  (4) Create special training initiatives regarding the dynamics of spousal abuse for police intake officers, health officials, and social workers in order to help ensure a continuously improving response to spousal abuse;  (5) Encourage the development of community-based, civic-based, and faith-based healthy relationship courses to teach to both adolescent boys and adolescent girls as they begin to date:  (A) The elements of healthy relationships;  (B) Acceptable and unacceptable behavior in relationships;  (C) The concept of respect;  (D) Conflict resolution techniques;  (E) Antiviolence; and  (F) The prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment;    (6) Help raise awareness about the devastating impact that spousal abuse has on children and families; and  (7) Assist with the development of increased protection of victims of spousal abuse by establishing standards for protection and response by convening a committee of relevant experts in the field of health care and law enforcement to recommend standards to the General Assembly.
AR Code § 9-15-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-405. Educational and training materials

 (a) The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission, in consultation with experts on spousal abuse prevention and intervention, shall develop educational material and training material to address the issues under this subchapter.  (b) The educational material and training material shall be published and distributed around the state.
AR Code § 9-15-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-406. Rules

 The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subchapter.
AR Code § 9-15-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Domestic Abuse Act|Subchapter 4 - Spousal Abuse Safety Plan Act|§ 9-15-407. Reporting

 The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall report annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth regarding:   (1) The status of the implementation and administration of this subchapter and its purposes; and  (2) Any recommended changes in the law to improve the prevention of or intervention into spousal abuse situations.
AR Code § 9-17-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-17-101. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act”.
AR Code § 9-17-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-17-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency

 (a) The circuit court is the tribunal of this state.  (b) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance Administration is the support enforcement agency of this state.
AR Code § 9-17-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-17-104. Remedies cumulative

 (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.  (b) This chapter does not:  (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or  (2) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
AR Code § 9-17-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-17-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

 (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7 to a support proceeding involving:  (1) a foreign support order;  (2) a foreign tribunal; or  (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.    (b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6.  (c) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7 controls.
AR Code § 9-17-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-301. Proceedings under chapter

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.  (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
AR Code § 9-17-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-302. Proceeding by minor parent

 A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
AR Code § 9-17-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-303. Application of law of state

 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:   (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and  (2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
AR Code § 9-17-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-304. Duties of initiating tribunal

 (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:  (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or  (2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.    (b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
AR Code § 9-17-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal

 (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to § 9-17-301(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.  (b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:  (1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;  (2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;  (3) order income withholding;  (4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;  (5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;  (6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;  (7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;  (8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;  (9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;  (10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;  (11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and  (12) grant any other available remedy.    (c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.  (d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.  (e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.  (f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
AR Code § 9-17-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-306. Inappropriate tribunal

 If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
AR Code § 9-17-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-307. Duties of support enforcement agency

 (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.  (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:  (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;  (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;  (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;  (4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;  (5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and  (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.    (c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:  (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or  (2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.    (d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.  (e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to § 9-17-319.  (f) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
AR Code § 9-17-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-308. Duty of prosecuting attorney

 (a) If the prosecuting attorney determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the prosecuting attorney may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.  (b) The prosecuting attorney may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
AR Code § 9-17-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-309. Private counsel

 An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
AR Code § 9-17-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-310. Duties of state information agency

 (a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is the state information agency under this chapter.  (b) The state information agency shall:  (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;  (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;  (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and  (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and Social Security.
AR Code § 9-17-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents

 (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under § 9-17-312, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.  (b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
AR Code § 9-17-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances

 If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
AR Code § 9-17-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-313. Costs and fees

 (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.  (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.  (c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under Article 6, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
AR Code § 9-17-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-314. Limited immunity of petitioner

 (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.  (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.  (c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
AR Code § 9-17-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 9-17-315. Nonparentage as defense

 A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.