Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 15, 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...
• § 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...
• § 9-15-203 - Petition -- Form.
  (a) The circuit clerk shall provide simplified forms and clerical assistance to help petitioners with the writing and filing of a petition under this...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 9-15-207 - Order of Protection -- Enforcement -- Penalties -- Criminal Jurisdiction.
  (a) Any order of protection granted under this chapter is enforceable by a law enforcement agency with proper jurisdiction.(b) An order of protection shall...
• § 9-15-208 - Law Enforcement Assistance.
  (a) When an order is issued under this chapter, upon request of the petitioner the circuit court may order a law enforcement officer with...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 9-15-211 - [Repealed.]
• § 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...
• § 9-15-213 - Police Conduct and Procedure.
  All law enforcement officers shall follow the same procedures as outlined in § 16-90-1107.
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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)...
• § 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...

Last modified: November 15, 2016