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20-18-409. Disclosure of affidavits.
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20-18-409. Disclosure of affidavits.
(a) The hospital, birthing center, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife shall make available to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration completed affidavits of paternity. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the general prohibition under § 20-18-304.
(b) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation or collecting the child support obligation.
(c)(1)(A) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services may obtain a certified copy of a completed affidavit of paternity from the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health.
(B) The disclosure of the affidavit is exempted under § 20-18-304.
(2) Information obtained by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section may be used in an action before a circuit court for the purpose of identifying a parent in a dependency-neglect proceeding under § 9-27-303.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-409
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20-18-409. Disclosure of affidavits.
(a) The hospital, birthing center, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife shall make available to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration completed affidavits of paternity. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the general prohibition under § 20-18-304.
(b) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation or collecting the child support obligation.
(c)(1)(A) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services may obtain a certified copy of a completed affidavit of paternity from the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health.
(B) The disclosure of the affidavit is exempted under § 20-18-304.
(2) Information obtained by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section may be used in an action before a circuit court for the purpose of identifying a parent in a dependency-neglect proceeding under § 9-27-303.
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20-18-304. Disclosure of information prohibited — Exceptions.
(a) To protect the integrity of vital records and vital reports, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of or to disclose information contained in vital records or vital reports or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any vital record or vital report except as authorized by this chapter and by rule or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)(1) The State Board of Health may authorize by rule the disclosure of information contained in vital records for research purposes.
(2) The rules shall provide for adequate standards of security and confidentiality of vital records and vital reports.
(3)(A) Disclosure of information which may identify any person or institution named in any vital record or vital report may be made only pursuant to rules which require submission of written requests for information by researchers and execution of agreements that protect the confidentiality of the information provided.
(B) The agreements shall prohibit the release by the researcher of any information that might identify any person or institution other than releases that may be provided for in the agreement.
(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the release of information or data which would not identify any person or institution named in a vital record or vital report.
(c)(1) Appeals from decisions of custodians of vital records or vital reports designated under § 20-18-203(b) who refuse to disclose information from vital records or vital reports as prescribed by this section and the rules issued under this section shall be made to the State Registrar of Vital Recor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-304
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9-27-303. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Abandoned infant” means a juvenile less than nine (9) months of age whose parent, guardian, or custodian left the child alone or in the possession of another person without identifying information or with an expression of intent by words, actions, or omissions not to return for the infant;
(2)(A) “Abandonment” means:
(i) The failure of the parent to provide reasonable support for a juvenile and to maintain regular contact with a juvenile through statement or contact when the failure is accompanied by an intention on the part of the parent to permit the condition to continue for an indefinite period in the future;
(ii) The failure of a parent to support or maintain regular contact with a child without just cause; or
(iii) An articulated intent to forego parental responsibility.
(B) “Abandonment” does not include a situation in which a child has disrupted his or her adoption and the adoptive parent has exhausted the available resources;
(3)(A) “Abuse” means any of the following acts or omissions by a parent, guardian, custodian, foster parent, person eighteen (18) years of age or older living in the home with a child, whether related or unrelated to the child, or any person who is entrusted with the juvenile's care by a parent, guardian, custodian, or foster parent, including, but not limited to, an agent or employee of a public or private residential home, childcare facility, public or private school, or any person legally responsible for the juvenile's welfare:
(i) Extreme or repeated cruelty to a juvenile;
(ii) Engaging in conduct creating a realistic and serious threat of death, permanent or temporary disfigurement, or impairment of any bodily organ;
(iii) Injury to a juvenile's intellectual,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-27-303
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 9-27-303. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.