Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-606

When the alleged offender is a family member, a fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim

Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

The act spans §§ 12–12 (121 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Taffner v. State (2018)

Most recently applied in Taffner v. State (March 2018)

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2019, No. 881, § 3.

If the alleged offender is a family member, fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim, an investigation under this chapter shall seek to ascertain:

(1) The existence, cause, nature, and extent of the child maltreatment;

(2) The existence and extent of previous injuries;

(3) The identity of the person responsible for the child maltreatment;

(4) The names and conditions of other children in the home;

(5) The circumstances of the parents or caretakers of the child;

(6) The environment where the child resides;

(7) The relationship of the child or children with the parents or caretakers; and

(8) All other pertinent data.

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.