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Ark. Code § 9-10-121: Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-121

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute addresses parental rights and child support when a child is conceived through rape. Upon conviction, the perpetrator's custody and visitation rights terminate, though the mother may petition to reinstate them. The perpetrator must pay child support, and the child has inheritance rights.

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