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20-49-101. Definitions.
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20-49-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Court” shall mean circuit court;
(2) “Guardian” shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent; and
(3) “Incompetent person” shall mean a person as to whom it is proved:
(A) He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity;
(B) He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and
(C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-49-101
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20-49-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Court” shall mean circuit court;
(2) “Guardian” shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent; and
(3) “Incompetent person” shall mean a person as to whom it is proved:
(A) He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity;
(B) He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and
(C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.
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