Chapter 9 - Adoption
- Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
- § 9-9-101 - Surrender of custody of minor by hospital or birthing center.
- § 9-9-102 - Religious preference -- Removal of barriers to interethnic adoption -- Preference to relative caregivers for a child in foster care.
- § 9-9-103 - Adoption home studies affidavit.
- § 9-9-104 - Adoption information collection.
- Subchapter 2 - Revised Uniform Adoption Act
- § 9-9-201 - Short title.
- § 9-9-202 - Definitions.
- § 9-9-203 - Who may be adopted.
- § 9-9-204 - Who may adopt.
- § 9-9-205 - Jurisdiction -- Venue -- Inconvenient forum -- Disclosure of name.
- § 9-9-206 - Persons required to consent to adoption -- Consideration for relinquishing minor for adoption.
- § 9-9-207 - Persons as to whom consent not required.
- § 9-9-208 - How consent is executed.
- § 9-9-209 - Withdrawal of consent.
- § 9-9-210 - Petition for adoption.
- § 9-9-211 - Report of petitioner's expenditures.
- § 9-9-212 - Hearing on petition -- Requirements.
- § 9-9-213 - Required residence of minor.
- § 9-9-214 - Appearance -- Continuance -- Disposition of petition.
- § 9-9-215 - Effect of decree of adoption.
- § 9-9-216 - Appeal from and validation of adoption decree.
- § 9-9-217 - Confidentiality of hearings and records.
- § 9-9-218 - Recognition of foreign decrees affecting adoption.
- § 9-9-219 - Application for new birth record.
- § 9-9-220 - Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationship.
- § 9-9-221 - Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 9-9-222 - Repeal and effective date.
- § 9-9-223 - Termination of rights of nonparental relatives.
- § 9-9-224 - Child born to unmarried mother.
- Subchapter 3 - Children in Public Custody -- Consent to Adoption
- Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Subsidized Adoption Act
- § 9-9-401 - Title.
- § 9-9-402 - Definitions.
- § 9-9-403 - Purpose.
- § 9-9-404 - Administration -- Funding.
- § 9-9-405 - Promulgation of regulations.
- § 9-9-406 - Records confidential.
- § 9-9-407 - Eligibility.
- § 9-9-408 - Subsidy agreement required -- Commencement of subsidy.
- § 9-9-409 - Subsidy amounts.
- § 9-9-410 - Subsidy agreements -- Duration.
- § 9-9-411 - Subsidy agreements -- Renewal, termination, or modification.
- § 9-9-412 - Appeals.
- Subchapter 5 - Voluntary Adoption Registry
- Subchapter 6 - Legal Representation
- Subchapter 7 - The Streamline Adoption Act