Arkansas § 20-49-101 Definitions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 20-49-101 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Court" shall mean circuit court;

(2)"Guardian" shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent person; and (3) "Incompetent person" shall mean a person as to whom it is proved:

(A)He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity;

(B)He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and (C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Court" shall mean circuit court; (2) "Guardian" shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent person; and (3) "Incompetent person" shall mean a person as to whom it is proved: (A) He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity; (B) He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and (C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.

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