GroundRules
← Search the law
Arkansas · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-19-310: Hearing and order

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. AR Code
  2. Title 9
  3. Chapter 19
  4. Subchapter 3

(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to § 9-19-204 , upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that: (1) the child-custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 and that: (A) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under subchapter 2 of this chapter; (B) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter; or (C) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9-19-108 , in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or (2) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter. (b) The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under § 9-19-312 and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate. (c) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal. (d) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this subchapter. Acts 1999, No. 668, § 310

(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to § 9-19-204 , upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that: (1) the child-custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 and that: (A) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under subchapter 2 of this chapter; (B) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter; or (C) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9-19-108 , in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or (2) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter.

was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9-19-108 , in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or (2) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter.

(1) the child-custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 and that: (A) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under subchapter 2 of this chapter; (B) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter; or (C) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9-19-108 , in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or

(A) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under subchapter 2 of this chapter;

(B) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter; or

(C) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of § 9-19-108 , in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or

(2) the child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under § 9-19-305 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter 2 of this chapter.

(b) The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under § 9-19-312 and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.

(c) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(d) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this subchapter.

Collected 2026-09-17T21:35:43Z. Source file · JSON

Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text. Source · License

Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows. Source

Browse this collection