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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-204

Unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights

Acts 2019, No. 1022, § 2.

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the first degree if in exchange for consenting to the person's or another person's placing a baby who is not yet born for adoption the person offers anything of value prohibited or not permitted under § 9-9-206 to the: Biological mother of the baby who is not yet born;

(2) Biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born;

(3) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological mother of the baby who is not yet born; or

(4) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born.

(5) Unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the first degree is a: Class A felony if the person uses duress, coercion, undue influence, intimidation, a threat, fraud, or physical force to influence an individual listed in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)-(D) of this section to allow the person or another person to place the baby who is not yet born for adoption; or

(6) Class C felony if otherwise committed.

(7) A person commits the offense of unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the second degree if in exchange for consenting to the person's adopting a baby who is not yet born the person offers anything of value prohibited or not permitted under § 9-9-206 to the: Biological mother of the baby who is not yet born;

(8) Biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born;

(9) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological mother of the baby who is not yet born; or

(10) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born.

(11) Unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the second degree is a: Class D felony if the person uses duress, coercion, undue influence, intimidation, a threat, fraud, or physical force to influence an individual listed in subdivisions (b)(1)(A)-(D) of this section to consent to the person's or another person's adopting the baby who is not yet born; or

(12) Class A misdemeanor if otherwise committed.

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.