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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 9 - FAMILY LAW (§§ 9-2-101 — 9-34-204)
Subtitle 2 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 9-8-101 — 9)
Chapter 10 - PATERNITY (§§ 9-10-101 — 9-10-202)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-10-101 — 9-10-121)
Section 9-10-121 - Termination of certain parental rights for putative fathers convicted of rape
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AR Code § 9-10-121 (2023)
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- (a) All rights of a putative father to custody, visitation, or other contact with a child conceived as a result of a rape shall be terminated immediately upon conviction of the rape in which the child was conceived under § 5-14-103.
- (b) The biological mother of a child conceived as a result of rape may petition the court under § 9-10-104 to reinstate the parental rights of a putative father terminated under subsection (a) of this section.
- (c) A putative father to a child conceived as a result of rape shall pay child support as provided under § 9-10-109.
- (d) A child conceived as a result of rape is entitled to:
- (1) Child support under § 9-10-109; and
- (2) Inheritance under the Arkansas Inheritance Code of 1969, § 28-9-201 et seq.
Added by Act 2013, No. 210,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2013
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