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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-312

Notification to defendants

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 103 Ark. App. 263 - Tuck v. Arkansas Department of Human Services (2008)

Most recently applied in Sills v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. (January 2018)

Acts 1989, No. 273, § 11; 2015, No. 825, § 1.

(1) In a delinquency and family-in-need-of-services case, a juvenile defendant ten (10) years of age and above, any persons having care and control of the juveniles, and all adult defendants shall be served with a copy of the petition and either a notice of hearing or order to appear in the manner provided by the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) In a dependent-neglected case: A juvenile respondent shall be served with a copy of the petition and all other pleadings by serving the juvenile's attorney ad litem in accordance with Rule 5 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure; and

(3) Each adult defendant shall be served in the manner provided in the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure with a copy of the petition and either a notice of a hearing or an order to appear.

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.