Disability Rights Arkansas or appropriate civil-rights agency

Provide information, referral, investigation, advocacy, or representation within program priorities.

Disability or civil-rights advocacy request

Disability Rights Arkansas Specialized P&A Programs

Programs addressing Social Security beneficiaries, traumatic brain injury, and accessible voting, including PABSS, PATBI, and PAVA.

Disability Rights Arkansas and Protection & Advocacy

PADD, PAIMI, PAIR, PABSS, PATBI, PAVA, institutional investigations, benefits, special education, and disability-rights litigation.

Check registration and compliance

Review state and local registration, tax, permit, and reporting obligations.

Termination of parental rights

Termination of parental rights is a court order permanently ending the legal parent-child relationship. It is an extreme remedy requiring the findings and proof required by law.

Civil Rights and Constitutional Claims

Constitutional rights, government misconduct, discrimination, due process, equal protection, and civil-rights remedies.

Sexual Assault and Victim Rights

Sexual-assault response, victim rights, confidentiality, compensation, forensic services, protection, and legal advocacy.

Hold termination-of-parental-rights hearing

TPR is the system's most severe civil remedy and requires a heightened burden, explicit findings, and appellate review rights.

Ark. Code § 9-35-325 — Termination of parental rights

Termination requires clear and convincing evidence that termination is in the child's best interest and that at least one statutory ground is proved. Hearing and written-order timing rules apply.

Disability rights, accommodations, or services pathway

A general Arkansas navigation sequence. It is not a prediction of the case and may omit specialized steps.

Termination of Parental Rights Standard

The clear-and-convincing burden, statutory grounds, and best-interest analysis required for termination.

ICWA notice, participation, and intervention rights

ICWA notice, participation, and intervention rights

Advise parties of counsel rights and appoint when required

Advise parties of counsel rights and appoint when required

Termination of parental rights practical consequence guide

A court order permanently ends the legal parent-child relationship, subject to applicable appellate rights.

Protecting the Rights of Parents and Prospective Parents with Disabilities: Technical Assistance for State and Local Child Welfare Agencies and Courts

ADA Title II and Section 504 application throughout child-welfare programs and court-related services; guidance is not itself a statute.

Crime Victims’ Rights

Arkansas public-safety information about the rights and services available to crime victims.

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights

Broader disability-rights protection for people whose disabilities are outside the primary PADD or PAIMI program categories.

Disability rights, accommodations, or services

I need an accommodation or help challenging denial of disability-related services.

Disability rights, accommodations, or services situation pathway

A general Arkansas navigation sequence. It is not a prediction of the case and may omit specialized steps.

Disability Rights Arkansas

Arkansas protection-and-advocacy organization serving people with disabilities.

Termination of Parental Rights Clear and Convincing Standard

A termination order requires clear and convincing proof of at least one statutory ground and that termination is in the child's best interest.

Arkansas Code § 9-35-325 — Termination of parental rights

Grounds, best interest, clear-and-convincing burden, and hearing timing.

Disability Rights Arkansas

Arkansas Protection and Advocacy organization for the rights of people with disabilities.