Arkansas § 9-9-801 Definitions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 9-9-801 — Definitions

Arkansas § 9-9-801

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-9-801 (2026).

Text

As used in this subchapter:

(1)"Adoption file" means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee;

(2)"Genetic and social history" has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501 ; and (3) "Requester" means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is:

(A)The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.

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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Adoption file" means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee; (2) "Genetic and social history" has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501 ; and (3) "Requester" means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is: (A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.