Arkansas Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry:

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

• The putative father may file prior to the child's birth, or at anytime prior to the filing of a petition for adoption.
  
• A completed Department of Health form must be signed and acknowledged by the putative father and notarized.
  
• When information is contained in the registry at the time of the filing of the adoption petition, a copy of the petition is served on the registrant.

Information Contained in Registry/Claim

Statute: § 20-18-702

• Name, address, and social security number of the birth mother, and any person who claims to be the father
  
• If the child has been born, the child's name, date and location of the birth, if known

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

Statute: § 20-18-703

• The putative father must submit a signed and notarized statement that, to the best of his knowledge, he is not the father, or a court has adjudicated paternity to someone other than the registrant.
  
• Revocation shall be effective only after the child's birth.

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

• The birth mother
  
• The child
  
• The registrant
  
• The Department of Human Services
  
• Attorneys involved in paternity, support, or adoption litigation
  
• The Office of Child Support Enforcement
  

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