Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-101 (2026)
Title
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Maltreatment Act”.
History. Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2021 · leading case: Lylyn Mitchell v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., 2021 Ark. App. 162 (Ark. Ct. App. 2021).
Lylyn Mitchell v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., 2021 Ark. App. 162 (Ark. Ct. App. 2021). “, whom a court of competent jurisdiction has so appointed.” Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-103 (11).”
J.C. v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., 572 S.W.3d 878 (Ark. Ct. App. 2019). “Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-18-101 to - 1202 (Repl.”
Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., Div. of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. Nelson, 2015 Ark. App. 98 (Ark. Ct. App. 2015). “The Arkansas Child Maltreatment Act, Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 12-18-101 et. seq. defines child maltreatment, in part, as abuse.”
United States v. Arkansas, 794 F. Supp. 2d 935 (E.D. Ark. 2011). “See Child Maltreatment Act, Ark.Code Ann. §§ 12-18-101 to 12-18-1108.”
Forkum v. State, 538 S.W.3d 856 (Ark. Ct. App. 2018). “(3)(A) When the department exercises custody of a juvenile under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., files a petition for an ex parte emergency order, or files a petition for dependency-neglect concerning that juvenile, *858 before or subsequent to the other legal…”
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