Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, And Military Affairs > Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies And Programs > Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act > Subchapter 8 - Administrative Hearings > § 12-18-804 - Defenses and affirmative defenses.

§ 12-18-804 - Defenses and affirmative defenses.

12-18-804. Defenses and affirmative defenses.

For any act or omission of child maltreatment that would be a criminal offense or an act of delinquency, any defense or affirmative defense that would be applicable to the criminal offense or delinquent act is also cognizable in a child maltreatment proceeding.