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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-121 (2020)

Termination of certain parental rights for putative fathers convicted of rape

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A putative father to a child conceived as a result of rape shall pay child support as provided under § 9-10-109.
  4. 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.

History. Acts 2013, No. 210, § 1.

Subchapter 2 — Artificial Insemination

Research References

ALR.

Validity and construction of surrogate parenting agreement. 77 A.L.R.4th 70.

Rights and obligations resulting from human artificial insemination. 83 A.L.R.4th 295.

Am. Jur. 41 Am. Jur. 2d, Illegitimate Children, § 2.

Ark. L. Rev.

Artificial Insemination, 23 Ark. L. Rev. 81.

C.J.S. 67 C.J.S., Parent & Child, § 6.

U. Ark. Little Rock L.J.

Legislative Survey, Family Law, 8 U. Ark. Little Rock L.J. 577.