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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 9 - Family Law
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 9 - Adoption
Subchapter 8 - Adoption Records
§ 9-9-801. Definitions
Universal Citation: AR Code § 9-9-801 (2017)
- As used in this subchapter:
- (1) "Adoption file" means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee;
- (2) "Genetic and social history" has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501; and
- (3) "Requester" means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is:
- (A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or
- (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.
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