Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 19, Subchapter 3 - Enforcement

• § 9-19-301 - Definitions.
  In this subchapter: (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on...
• § 9-19-302 - Enforcement Under Hague Convention.
  Under this subchapter a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on...
• § 9-19-303 - Duty to Enforce.
  (a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child-custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised...
• § 9-19-304 - Temporary Visitation.
  (a) A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination, may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) a...
• § 9-19-305 - Registration of Child-Custody Determination.
  (a) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for...
• § 9-19-306 - Enforcement of Registered Determination.
  (a) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child-custody determination...
• § 9-19-307 - Simultaneous Proceedings.
  If a proceeding for enforcement under this subchapter is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to...
• § 9-19-308 - Expedited Enforcement of Child-Custody Determination.
  (a) A petition under this subchapter must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration...
• § 9-19-309 - Service of Petition and Orders.
  Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state,...
• § 9-19-310 - Hearing and Order.
  (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to § 9-19-204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical...
• § 9-19-311 - Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child.
  (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child-custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of...
• § 9-19-312 - Costs, Fees, and Expenses.
  (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including...
• § 9-19-313 - Recognition and Enforcement.
  A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this chapter which...
• § 9-19-314 - Appeals.
  An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this subchapter in accordance with the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate...
• § 9-19-315 - Role of Prosecutor or Public Official.
  (a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecuting attorney...
• § 9-19-316 - Role of Law Enforcement.
  At the request of a prosecuting attorney acting under § 9-19-315, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate...
• § 9-19-317 - Costs and Expenses.
  If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecuting...

Last modified: November 15, 2016