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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-804

Defenses and affirmative defenses

Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

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

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case W.N. v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. (2018)

Most recently applied in W.N. v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. (June 2018)

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2011, No. 1143, § 20.

For any act or omission of child maltreatment that would be a criminal offense or an act of delinquency, any defense or affirmative defense, including the burden of proof regarding the affirmative defense, that would apply to the criminal offense or delinquent act is also cognizable in a child maltreatment proceeding with the exception of:

(1) A statute of limitation;

(2) Lack of capacity as a result of mental disease or defect under § 5-2-312; and

(3) Affirmative defenses under §§ 5-1-112 — 5-1-114.

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.