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20-49-202. Petition.
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20-49-202. Petition.
(a) A guardian, in the case of an adult who is an alleged incompetent person, or a parent or guardian, in the case of a minor who is an alleged incompetent person, may petition the court for the sterilization, under this chapter, of an alleged incompetent.
(b) The petition shall state and allege the following:
(1) The name, age, sex, residence, and post office address of the alleged incompetent person;
(2) The name, residence, and post office address of any guardians of the person who is an alleged incompetent person;
(3) The names and addresses, so far as known or can reasonably be ascertained, of the persons most closely related to the alleged incompetent by blood or marriage;
(4) The name and address of any person or institution having the care and custody of the alleged incompetent person; and
(5) That the alleged incompetent person is incompetent, as defined in § 20-49-101(3).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-49-202
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20-49-202. Petition.
(a) A guardian, in the case of an adult who is an alleged incompetent person, or a parent or guardian, in the case of a minor who is an alleged incompetent person, may petition the court for the sterilization, under this chapter, of an alleged incompetent.
(b) The petition shall state and allege the following:
(1) The name, age, sex, residence, and post office address of the alleged incompetent person;
(2) The name, residence, and post office address of any guardians of the person who is an alleged incompetent person;
(3) The names and addresses, so far as known or can reasonably be ascertained, of the persons most closely related to the alleged incompetent by blood or marriage;
(4) The name and address of any person or institution having the care and custody of the alleged incompetent person; and
(5) That the alleged incompetent person is incompetent, as defined in § 20-49-101(3).
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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
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 20-49-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.