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Benefits, food and cash assistanceStatewide route
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Apply for or manage available Arkansas public-assistance benefits.
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Arkansas DHS — community grant-funded services · Source ↗
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Appellate record, generally 90 days
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Arkansas FOIA production, generally up to 3 business days
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Civil response for defendant incarcerated in Arkansas, generally 60 days
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Civil summons response, generally 30 days
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Dependency-neglect appeal notice, 21 days
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General civil notice of appeal, commonly 30 days
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Permanency-planning hearing, no later than 12 months
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Plan of Safe Care target, 30 calendar days
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Priority 1 child-welfare contact target, 24 hours
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Priority 2 child-welfare contact target, 72 hours
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Relative-location and notice target, 30 days
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TEFRA application decision target, generally 45 days
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Child-maltreatment finding review
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Civil court appeal
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Criminal conviction or sentencing appeal
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DHS benefit fair hearing
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Dependency-neglect or TPR appeal
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Insurance denial complaint or external review
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Professional licensing decision
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Special-education dispute options
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Unemployment appeal
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Veteran-benefit appeal
Court RuleNeeds live check
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Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-9
Expedited appellate rule for dependency-neglect cases, including a twenty-one-day notice-of-appeal deadline and specialized finality and briefing requirements.
AppealsCourtsDeadlines
Arkansas Child Welfare Jurisprudence: An Exhaustive Analysis of Child Protective Services Case Law · p. 11
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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.
Best InterestBurden Of ProofTermination Parental Rights
Arkansas Child Welfare Jurisprudence: An Exhaustive Analysis of Child Protective Services Case Law · p. 5
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