Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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),...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 9-17-309 - Private Counsel.
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 9-17-316 - Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure.
  (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment,...
• § 9-17-317 - Communications Between Tribunals.
  A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means,...
• § 9-17-318 - Assistance With Discovery.
  A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a...
• § 9-17-319 - Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.
  (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by...

Last modified: November 15, 2016