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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-120

No right to enter home or take charge of children

Acts 1923, No. 92, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 6453; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-129.

(1) No official, agent, or representative of the Department of Health shall have any right under this section to enter any home over the objection of the owner of the home or to take charge of any child over the objection of either or both parents or of the person standing in loco parentis or having custody of the child.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of a parent or guardian or person standing in loco parentis to determine what treatment or correction shall be provided for a child or the agencies to be employed for these purposes.

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.