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9-21-201. Form of agreement.
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9-21-201. Form of agreement.
(a) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under this Article granting custodial responsibility during deployment.
(b) An agreement under subsection (a) must be:
(1) in writing; and
(2) signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), an agreement under subsection (a), if feasible, must:
(1) identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement;
(2) specify the allocation of caretaking authority among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent;
(3) specify any decision-making authority that accompanies a grant of caretaking authority;
(4) specify any grant of limited contact to a nonparent;
(5) if under the agreement custodial responsibility is shared by the other parent and a nonparent, or by other nonparents, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise;
(6) specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent will have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact;
(7) specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available;
(8) acknowledge that any party's child-support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement, and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court;
(9) provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under Article 4 after the deploying parent returns from deployment; and
(10) if the agreement must be filed pursuant to § 9-21-205, s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-21-201
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9-21-201. Form of agreement.
(a) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under this Article granting custodial responsibility during deployment.
(b) An agreement under subsection (a) must be:
(1) in writing; and
(2) signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), an agreement under subsection (a), if feasible, must:
(1) identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement;
(2) specify the allocation of caretaking authority among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent;
(3) specify any decision-making authority that accompanies a grant of caretaking authority;
(4) specify any grant of limited contact to a nonparent;
(5) if under the agreement custodial responsibility is shared by the other parent and a nonparent, or by other nonparents, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise;
(6) specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent will have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact;
(7) specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available;
(8) acknowledge that any party's child-support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement, and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court;
(9) provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under Article 4 after the deploying parent returns from deployment; and
(10) if the agreement must be filed pursuant to § 9-21-205, specify which parent is required to file the agreement.
(d) The omission of any of the items specified in subsection (c) does not invalidate an agreement under this section.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
9-21-205. Filing agreement or power of attorney with court.
An agreement or power of attorney under this Article must be filed within a reasonable time with any court that has entered an order on custodial responsibility or child support that is in effect concerning the child who is the subject of the agreement or power. The case number and heading of the pending case concerning custodial responsibility or child support must be provided to the court with the agreement or power.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-21-205
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 9-21-205. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.