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September 19, 20259-15-214. Denial of relief prohibited.
The court shall not deny a petitioner relief solely because the act of domestic or family violence and the filing of the petition did not occur within one hundred twenty (120) days.
Selected Statutes: Arkansas
- Title 5. Criminal Offenses
- Subtitle 1. General Provisions
- Subtitle 2. Offenses Against the Person
- Chapter 11. Kidnapping and Related Offenses
- Chapter 13. Assault and Battery
- Chapter 14. Sexual Offenses
- Chapter 16. Voyeurism
- Chapter 18. Human Trafficking Act of 2013
- 5-18-102. Definitions
- 5-18-103. Trafficking of persons
- 5-18-104. Patronizing a victim of human trafficking
- 5-18-105. Enhanced liability of an organization
- 5-18-106. Grooming a minor for future sex trafficking
- 5-18-107. Traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor
- 5-18-108. Unlawful use of a communication device during the commission of a human trafficking offense
- Subtitle 3. Offenses Involving Families, Dependents, etc.
- Chapter 26. Offenses Involving the Family
- Subchapter 3. Domestic Battering and Assault
- 5-26-302. Definitions
- 5-26-303. Domestic battering in the first degree
- 5-26-304. Domestic battering in the second degree
- 5-26-305. Domestic battering in the third degree
- 5-26-306. Aggravated assault on a family or household member
- 5-26-307. First degree assault on a family or household member
- 5-26-308. Second degree assault on a family or household member
- 5-26-309. Third degree assault on a family or household member
- 5-26-314. Unlawful distribution of an intimate image
- Subchapter 5. Custody and Visitation
- Subchapter 3. Domestic Battering and Assault
- Chapter 26. Offenses Involving the Family
- Subtitle 4. Offenses Against Property
- Subtitle 5. Offenses Against the Administration of Government
- Subtitle 6. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
- Title 9. Family Law
- Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 10. Paternity
- Chapter 12. Divorce and Annulment
- Chapter 13. Child Custody and Visitation
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- 9-13-101. Award of custody
- 9-13-102. Sibling visitation rights
- 9-13-103. Visitation rights of grandparents when the child is in the custody of a parent
- 9-13-104. Public schools; transfer of children between parents
- 9-13-105. Criminal records check
- 9-13-106. Custody of minor children; representation by attorney ad litem in probate court
- 9-13-107. Visitation rights of grandparents when the parent does not have custody of the child
- 9-13-108. Visitation--Preference of child
- 9-13-109. Drug testing--Proceedings concerning child custody, visitation, or the welfare of a child
- 9-13-110. Parents who are members of armed forces or are first responders--Definitions
- Subchapter 3. Personal Records of Child
- Subchapter 4. International Child Abduction Prevention Act
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- Chapter 14. Spousal and Child Support
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- 9-14-101. Jurisdictional consent
- 9-14-102. Deduction from salary
- 9-14-103. Quarterly financial report
- 9-14-104. Contempt proceedings; insanity plea
- 9-14-105. Support petitions
- 9-14-106. Parents--Amount of support--Definition--Retroactivity of initial order
- 9-14-107. Change in payor income warranting modification
- 9-14-108. Transfer between local jurisdictions
- 9-14-109. Automatic assignment of rights
- 9-14-110. Arkansas registry of child support orders
- Subchapter 2. Enforcement Generally
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- Chapter 15. Domestic Abuse
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions.
- Subchapter 2. Judicial Proceedings.
- 9-15-201. Petition - Requirements generally.
- 9-15-202. Filing fees
- 9-15-203. Petition - Form.
- 9-15-204. Hearing - Service.
- 9-15-205. Relief generally - Duration.
- 9-15-206. Temporary order.
- 9-15-207. Protection order - Enforcement - Penalties - Criminal jurisdiction.
- 9-15-208. Law enforcement assistance
- 9-15-209. Modification of orders.
- 9-15-210. Contempt proceedings.
- 9-15-211. Jurisdiction generally.
- 9-15-212. Effect of no contact order.
- 9-15-213. Police conduct and procedure.
- 9-15-214. Denial of relief prohibited.
- 9-15-215. Factors in determining custody and visitation.
- 9-15-216. Mutual orders of protection - Separate orders of protection.
- 9-15-218. Commercial mobile radio service accounts--Transfer order
- Subchapter 3. Orders of Protection from Other Jurisdictions
- Chapter 19. Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (1997)
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- 9-19-101. Short title
- 9-19-102. Definitions
- 9-19-103. Proceedings governed by other law
- 9-19-104. Application to Indian tribes
- 9-19-105. International application of act
- 9-19-106. Effect of child-custody determination
- 9-19-107. Priority
- 9-19-108. Notice to persons outside state
- 9-19-109. Appearance and limited immunity
- 9-19-110. Communication between courts
- 9-19-111. Taking testimony in another state
- 9-19-112. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
- Subchapter 2. Jurisdiction
- 9-19-201. Initial child-custody jurisdiction
- 9-19-202. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
- 9-19-203. Jurisdiction to modify determination
- 9-19-204. Temporary emergency jurisdiction
- 9-19-205. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
- 9-19-206. Simultaneous proceedings
- 9-19-207. Inconvenient forum
- 9-19-208. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
- 9-19-209. Information to be submitted to court
- 9-19-210. Appearance of parties and child
- Subchapter 3. Enforcement
- 9-19-301. Definitions
- 9-19-302. Enforcement under Hague Convention
- 9-19-303. Duty to enforce
- 9-19-304. Temporary visitation
- 9-19-305. Registration of child-custody determination
- 9-19-306. Enforcement of registered determination
- 9-19-307. Simultaneous proceedings
- 9-19-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination
- 9-19-309. Service of petition and order
- 9-19-310. Hearing and order
- 9-19-311. Warrant to take physical custody of child
- 9-19-312. Costs, fees, and expenses
- 9-19-313. Recognition and enforcement
- 9-19-314. Appeals
- 9-19-315. Role of prosecutor or public official
- 9-19-316. Role of law enforcement
- 9-19-317. Costs and expenses
- Subchapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions
- Subchapter 1. General Provisions
- Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations
- Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations
- Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
- Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts
- Title 18. Property
- Title 27. Transportation
- Administrative Orders of the Supreme Court
