Reports naming an adult as the victim
Known as the Child Maltreatment Act
The act spans §§ 12–12 (121 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2015 Ark. App. 63 - Griffin v. State (2015)
Most recently applied in 2015 Ark. App. 63 - Griffin v. State (February 2015)
Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2013, No. 1006, § 8.
The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child sexual abuse, sexual contact, or sexual exploitation naming as the victim a person who is now an adult only if:
(1) The alleged offender is a caretaker of a child; and
(2) The person making the report is one (1) of the following: The adult victim;
(3) A law enforcement officer; or
(4) The alleged offender.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.