2010 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, And Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies And Programs
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 8 - Administrative Hearings
§ 12-18-807 - Administrative judgments and adjudications.

12-18-807. Administrative judgments and adjudications.

(a) A certified copy of a judgment or an adjudication from a court of competent jurisdiction dealing with the same subject matter as an issue concerned in an administrative hearing under this chapter shall be filed with the Office of Appeals and Hearings of the Department of Human Services.

(b) (1) A decision on any identical issue shall be rendered without an administrative hearing and shall be consistent with the judgment or adjudication.

(2) However, if the judgment or adjudication of the court is reversed or vacated and notice of the reversal or vacation is provided to the department, the department shall set the matter for an administrative hearing.