Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9, Subchapter 2 - Revised Uniform Adoption Act

• § 9-9-201 - Short Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Adoption Act".
• § 9-9-202 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Child" means a son or daughter, whether by birth or by adoption; (2)...
• § 9-9-203 - Who May Be Adopted.
  Any individual may be adopted.
• § 9-9-204 - Who May Adopt.
  The following individuals may adopt: (1) A husband and wife together although one (1) or both are minors; (2) An unmarried adult; (3) The...
• § 9-9-205 - Jurisdiction -- Venue -- Inconvenient Forum -- Disclosure of Name.
  (a) Jurisdiction of adoption of minors: (1) The state shall possess jurisdiction over the adoption of a minor if the person seeking to adopt...
• § 9-9-206 - Persons Required to Consent to Adoption -- Consideration for Relinquishing Minor for Adoption.
  (a) Unless consent is not required under § 9-9-207, a petition to adopt a minor may be granted only if written consent to a...
• § 9-9-207 - Persons As to Whom Consent Not Required.
  (a) Consent to adoption is not required of: (1) a parent who has deserted a child without affording means of identification or who has...
• § 9-9-208 - How Consent is Executed.
  (a) The required consent to adoption shall be executed at any time after the birth of the child and in the manner following: (1)...
• § 9-9-209 - Withdrawal of Consent.
  (a) A consent to adoption cannot be withdrawn after the entry of a decree of adoption.(b) (1) A consent to adopt may be withdrawn...
• § 9-9-210 - Petition for Adoption.
  (a) A petition for adoption signed and verified by the petitioner, shall be filed with the clerk of the court, and state: (1) The...
• § 9-9-211 - Report of Petitioner's Expenditures.
  (a) Except as specified in subsection (b) of this section, the petitioner, in any proceeding for the adoption of a minor, shall file, before...
• § 9-9-212 - Hearing on Petition -- Requirements.
  (a) (1) Before any hearing on a petition, the period in which the relinquishment may be withdrawn under § 9-9-220 or in which consent...
• § 9-9-213 - Required Residence of Minor.
  (a) A final decree of adoption shall not be issued and an interlocutory decree of adoption does not become final until the minor to...
• § 9-9-214 - Appearance -- Continuance -- Disposition of Petition.
  (a) The petitioner and the individual to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is excused...
• § 9-9-215 - Effect of Decree of Adoption.
  (a) A final decree of adoption and an interlocutory decree of adoption which has become final, whether issued by a court of this state...
• § 9-9-216 - Appeal From and Validation of Adoption Decree.
  (a) An appeal from any final order or decree rendered under this subchapter may be taken in the manner and time provided for appeal...
• § 9-9-217 - Confidentiality of Hearings and Records.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records: (1) All hearings held in proceedings under this subchapter shall be held in closed...
• § 9-9-218 - Recognition of Foreign Decrees Affecting Adoption.
  A decree of court terminating the relationship of parent and child or establishing the relationship by adoption issued pursuant to due process of law...
• § 9-9-219 - Application for New Birth Record.
  Upon entry of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory decree of adoption that does not require a subsequent hearing, the clerk of...
• § 9-9-220 - Relinquishment and Termination of Parent and Child Relationship.
  (a) With the exception of the duty to pay child support, the rights of a parent with reference to a child, including parental right...
• § 9-9-221 - Uniformity of Interpretation.
  This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact
• § 9-9-222 - Repeal and Effective Date.
  (a) The following acts and laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed as of the effective date of this subchapter: (1)...
• § 9-9-223 - Termination of Rights of Nonparental Relatives.
  Except as provided in this subchapter with regard to parental rights, any rights to a child which a nonparental relative may derive through a...
• § 9-9-224 - Child Born to Unmarried Mother.
  In all cases involving a child born to a mother unmarried at the time of the child's birth, the following procedure shall apply: (a)...

Last modified: November 15, 2016