Generally
Known as the Child Maltreatment Act
The act spans §§ 12–12 (121 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hopkins v. Jegley (2017)
Most recently applied in Hopkins v. Jegley (July 2017)
Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2019, No. 970, § 1.
(1) A person may immediately notify the Child Abuse Hotline if he or she: Has reasonable cause to suspect that: Child maltreatment has occurred; or
(2) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or
(3) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment.
(4) A person who in good faith notifies the hotline in accordance with subsection (a) of this section is immune from civil and criminal liability.
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.