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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Court” shall mean circuit court;
(2) “Guardian” shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent person; and
(3) “Incompetent person” shall mean a person as to whom it is proved:
(A) He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity;
(B) He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and
(C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-49-101. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-49-101/
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