Arkansas's Laws Regarding Adoptions Records

Arkansas

Statute: § 12-12-506

Records Confidential: Yes

Persons with access to records

• CPS/State Agencies

• Agencies From Other States

• Courts/Judges

• Grand Juries

• Law Enforcement

• Attorneys, GAL's

• Researchers

• Employers

• Review Teams

• Subject of Reports

• Public/Any Person

Persons without access to records

• Attorneys General/Prosecutors

• Physicians

• Reporters of Abuse

• Parents/Guardians

• Coroners

• Treatment Providers

Other Child Care Facility Review Board Any licensing or registering authority Federal and State legislators Foster parents Public disclosure of child fatality or near fatality cases

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