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2017 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
§ 12-18-804. Defenses and affirmative defenses
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AR Code § 12-18-804 (2017)
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- For any act or omission of child maltreatment that would be a criminal offense or an act of delinquency, any defense or affirmative defense, including the burden of proof regarding the affirmative defense, that would apply to the criminal offense or delinquent act is also cognizable in a child maltreatment proceeding with the exception of:
- (1) A statute of limitation;
- (2) Lack of capacity as a result of mental disease or defect under § 5-2-312; and
- (3) Affirmative defenses under §§ 5-1-112 -- 5-1-114.
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