Ark. Code § 9-10-121

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 9-10-121 - Termination of certain parental rights for putative fathers convicted of rape
(a) All rights of a putative father to custody, visitation, or other contact with a child conceived as a result of a rape shall be terminated immediately upon conviction of the rape in which the child was conceived under § 5-14-103.
(b) The biological mother of a child conceived as a result of rape may petition the court under § 9-10-104 to reinstate the parental rights of a putative father terminated under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A putative father to a child conceived as a result of rape shall pay child support as provided under § 9-10-109.
(d) A child conceived as a result of rape is entitled to:
(1) Child support under § 9-10-109; and
(2) Inheritance under the Arkansas Inheritance Code of 1969, § 28-9-201 et seq.

Ark. Code § 9-10-121

Added by Act 2013, No. 210,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2013