Title 9, Family Law

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices d…

This chapter does not affect the validity of a temporary court order concerning custodial responsibility during deployment which was entered before July 22, 2015.

(a) All persons of the age of eighteen (18) years shall be considered to have reached the age of majority and be of full age for all purposes. Until the age of eighteen (18) years is attained, they shall be considered minors. (b) (1) Any law of the State of Arkansas that presentl…

(a) The state or any county, city, town, or school district, or any person, corporation, or organization shall be entitled to recover damages in an amount not in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in a court of competent jurisdiction from the parents of any minor under eigh…

(a) When the Department of Human Services has taken custody of a minor solely because of the actions of someone other than a custodial parent, the department shall immediately exercise all efforts to identify and locate the custodial parent or custodial parents of the minor. (b) …

(a) (1) The safety of children is a paramount concern for the citizens of Arkansas.(2) (A) There are children who die from abuse or neglect or who have previously come into contact with the Division of Children and Family Services whose deaths might have been prevented.(B) The st…

(a) As used in this section, “unaccompanied homeless youth” means an individual who is between sixteen (16) years of age and twenty-two (22) years of age and who is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian, including without limitation a youth:(1) Who has run away from…

(a) In the case of a sale, contract to sell, conditional sale contract, or other contract to which an infant eighteen (18) years of age or older is a party, the sale, contract to sell, conditional sale contract, or other contract cannot be rescinded by the infant unless and until…

(a) (1) Any person under a duty to pay or deliver money or personal property to a minor may perform his or her duty, in amounts not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, by paying or delivering the money or property to:(A) The minor, if he or she has attained eighte…

(a) All persons eighteen (18) years of age or older may acquire title to, own, and dispose of real and personal property, both tangible and intangible, in the same manner, and shall be subject to the same rights, obligations, and liabilities with respect thereto as provided for p…

(a) The circuit courts of this state or the respective judges thereof in vacation shall have the power to authorize any person who is a resident of the county and who has reached his or her sixteenth birthday to transact business in general and any particular business specified i…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Adult” means an individual who has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years.(2) “Benefit plan” means an employer's plan for the benefit of an employee or partner.(3) “Broker” means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transac…

(a) This subchapter shall apply to a transfer that refers to this subchapter in the designation under § 9-26-209(a) by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, minor, or the custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is locat…

(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in substanc…

A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to § 9-26-209.

(a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to § 9-26-209 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust. (b) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under § 9-26-203 to receive the custod…

(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to § 9-26-209, in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not c…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person not subject to § 9-26-205 or § 9-26-206 who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a minor not having a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to § …

A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian shall constitute a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this subchapter.

(a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever:(1) an uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either:(i) registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by …

A transfer may be made only for one (1) minor, and only one (1) person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this subchapter by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.

(a) The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed in this subchapter shall not be affected by:(1) failure of the transferor to comply with § 9-26-209(c) concerning possession and control;(2) designation of an ineligible custodian, except designation of the transferor in …

(a) A custodian shall:(1) take control of custodial property;(2) register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and(3) collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property. (1) take control of custodial property; (2) register or record title to custodial…

(a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, shall have all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only. (b) This sec…

(a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to (i) the duty or ability of the custodian person…

(a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties. (b) Except for one who is a transferor under § 9-26-204, a custodian shall have a non-cumulative election during each calendar year …

(1) A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, shall not be responsible for determining:(…

(a) A claim based on (i) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, (ii) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or (iii) a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by pr…

(a) A person nominated under § 9-26-203 or designated under § 9-26-209 as custodian may decline to serve by delivering a valid disclaimer in the form prescribed by § 28-2-106 [repealed] to the person who made the nomination or to the transferor or the transferor's legal represent…

(a) A minor who has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court (i) for an accounting by the custodian or th…

(1) The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of:(1) the minor's attainment of twenty-one (21) years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under § 9-26-204 or § 9-26-205, exc…

(1) This subchapter shall apply to a transfer within the scope of § 9-26-202 made after March 21, 1985, if:(1) the transfer purports to have been made under the Arkansas Uniform Gifts to Minors Act [repealed]; or(2) the instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made …

(a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this subchapter made before March 21, 1985, shall be validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Arkansas Uniform Gifts to Minors Act [repealed] for the coverage of custodial property of that kind …

This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subchapter among states enacting it.

This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”.

If any provisions of this subchapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end provis…

It has been found that Acts 1967, No. 250 limits the kinds of properties that may be transferred to the custodian of a minor and there is a need to expand the kinds of properties that may be the subject of a gift to a minor's custodian. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared …

Acts 1967, No. 250, the Arkansas Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, is hereby repealed. To the extent that this subchapter, by virtue of § 9-26-222(b), does not apply to transfers made in a manner prescribed in the Arkansas Uniform Gifts to Minors Act [repealed] or to the powers, dutie…

(a) In this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Bank” is a bank, trust company, national banking association, savings bank, or industrial bank;(b) “Broker” is a person, including a bank, lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities f…

A bank, broker, issuer, third-party, or transfer agent incurs no liability by reason of his or her treating a minor as having capacity to transfer a security, to receive or to empower others to receive dividends, interest, principal, or other payments or distributions, to vote or…

A minor, who has transferred a security, received or empowered others to receive dividends, interest, principal, or other payments or distributions, voted or given consent in person or by proxy, or made an election or exercised rights relating to the security, has no right therea…

This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.

This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Securities Ownership by Minors Act.

If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end…

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this subchapter are hereby repealed.