X. Family Law

LibraryGuide to Arkansas Statutes of Limitations (2017 Ed.)

X. FAMILY LAW

A. ADOPTION: WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT.

1. A consent to adopt may be withdrawn within ten (10) calendar days, or, if a waiver of the ten-day period is elected under subdivision (b)(3) of A.C.A. § 9-9-209, five (5) calendar days after it is signed or the child is born, whichever is later, by filing an affidavit with the clerk of the Circuit Court, Probate Division in the county designated by the consent as the county in which the guardianship petition will be filed, if there is a guardianship, or where the petition for adoption will be filed, if there is no guardianship. The court may waive the ten-day period for filing a withdrawal of consent to agencies as defined by A.C.A. § 9-9-202(5), minors over ten (10) years of age who consented to the adoption, or biological parents if a step-parent is adopting. A.C.A. § 9-9-209(b)(1).
2. The consent shall state that the person may waive the ten-day period for the withdrawal of consent for an adoption and elect to limit the maximum time for the withdrawal of consent for an adoption to five (5) days. A.C.A. § 9-9-209(b)(3).

B. CHILD SUPPORT.

1. Arrearages in support. Any action for recovery of child support arrearages may be brought at any time up to and including five (5) years beyond the date the child for whose benefit the initial support order was entered reaches the age of eighteen (18) years. No statute of limitation shall apply to an action brought for the collection of a child support obligation or arrearage against any party who leaves or remains outside of the
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