2020 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings
§ 12-18-607. When the alleged offender is neither a family member nor a fictive kin and not living in the home with the alleged victim

Universal Citation: AR Code § 12-18-607 (2020)

If the alleged offender is not a family member living in the home with the alleged victim, the investigation under this chapter shall seek to ascertain:

  1. (1) The existence, cause, nature, and extent of child maltreatment;

  2. (2) The identity of the person responsible for the child maltreatment;

  3. (3) The existence and extent of previous child maltreatment perpetrated by the alleged offender;

  4. (4) If the report is determined to be true, the names and conditions of any children of the alleged offender and whether these children have been maltreated or are at risk of child maltreatment unless the investigating agency has determined that there is no indication of risk to the children;

  5. (5) If the report is determined to be true and is a report of sexual abuse, sexual contact, or sexual exploitation, an assessment of any other children previously or currently under the care of the alleged offender, to the extent practical, and whether these children have been maltreated or are at risk of maltreatment unless the investigating agency has determined that there is no indication of risk to the children; and

  6. (6) All other pertinent and relevant data.

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