Arkansas Statutes

§ 16-120-901 — Definitions

Arkansas·Title 16

As used in this subchapter:

(1)"Civil action for wrongful birth" means a cause of action that is brought by a parent or other person who is legally required to provide for the support of a child, seeking economic or noneconomic damages for the child because of a condition that existed at the time of the birth of the child and which is based on a claim that the act or omission of a person contributed to the child's being born; and (2) "Civil action for wrongful life" means a cause of action that is brought by or on behalf of a child, seeking economic or noneconomic damages for the child because of a condition that existed at the time of the birth of the child and which is based on a claim that the act or omission of a person contributed to the child's being born.

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Legislative History

Added by Act 2017, No. 385,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.

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