Arkansas Child Neglect Investigation Reform Initiative (2010)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The Arkansas Child Neglect Investigation Reform Initiative did not appear on the November 2, 2010 ballot.

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Dustin McDaniel, the Arkansas Attorney General, rejected the name and ballot title proposed by the initiative's sponsor in July 2009.

Jeremy Peterson, a resident of Fort Smith, was the sponsor of the measure.

Goal of initiative

The ballot initiative would have required the Arkansas State Legislature to:

• Provide a clear definition of “best interests of the child."
• Allow authorities to assess a fine, or charge, state Department of Human Services employees, or any mental health professionals, when a child is unnecessarily taken from a home, or parental rights are wrongfully terminated.
• Establish language in state law that promotes "the importance of the familial bond."

See also

• Arkansas signature requirements
• Arkansas 2010 ballot measures
• Arkansas State Senate
• Arkansas House of Representatives
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Arkansas
• Arkansas signature requirements

External links

• Arkansas Initiative and Referendum Information