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20-18-408. Notice to parents regarding affidavits of paternity.
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20-18-408. Notice to parents regarding affidavits of paternity.
Upon the birth of a child to a woman who was unmarried at the time of either conception or birth or between conception and birth, the person responsible under § 20-18-401 for providing birth registration information shall:
(1) Provide an opportunity for the child's mother and natural father to complete an affidavit acknowledging paternity, to include such information as is required by the court to establish paternity and establish a child support obligation and to be filed with the Division of Vital Records;
(2) Provide written information, furnished by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, to the child's mother and natural father explaining the implications of signing an affidavit of paternity and parental rights and responsibilities; and
(3) Provide written information, furnished by the office, to the child's mother regarding the benefits of having her child's paternity established and the availability of paternity establishment services, including a request for child support enforcement services.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-408
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20-18-408. Notice to parents regarding affidavits of paternity.
Upon the birth of a child to a woman who was unmarried at the time of either conception or birth or between conception and birth, the person responsible under § 20-18-401 for providing birth registration information shall:
(1) Provide an opportunity for the child's mother and natural father to complete an affidavit acknowledging paternity, to include such information as is required by the court to establish paternity and establish a child support obligation and to be filed with the Division of Vital Records;
(2) Provide written information, furnished by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, to the child's mother and natural father explaining the implications of signing an affidavit of paternity and parental rights and responsibilities; and
(3) Provide written information, furnished by the office, to the child's mother regarding the benefits of having her child's paternity established and the availability of paternity establishment services, including a request for child support enforcement services.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-18-401. Birth registration generally.
(a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar of Vital Records, within ten (10) days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.
(b) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route thereto, the person in charge of the institution or his or her authorized designee shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, certify that the child was born alive at the place, time, and date stated on the certificate either by signature or in an approved electronic process, and file the certificate as directed in subsection (a) of this section. The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate within seventy-two (72) hours after the birth.
(c) When a birth occurs outside an institution:
(1) The certificate shall be prepared and filed by one (1) of the following in the indicated order of priority:
(A) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;
(B) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person; or
(C) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred; and
(2) The division shall determine what evidence may be required to establish the fact of birth.
(d) When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the pl
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-401
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-18-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.