Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-37-216. Defrauding a prospective adoptive parent

(1) “Aggregate financial benefit” means the total financial benefit received by a person preceding, during, and after the pregnancy of the person;

(2) “Financial benefit” means any cost for prenatal, delivery, or postnatal care, including without limitation reasonable costs for:

(3) “Prospective adoptive parent” means a person who through his or her actions has a stated or unstated intention to begin the process of adopting a minor, whether or not the minor is known to him or her.

(1) Knowingly obtains a financial benefit from a prospective adoptive parent or from an agent of a prospective adoptive parent with a purpose to defraud the prospective adoptive parent or the agent of the prospective adoptive parent of the financial benefit; and

(2) Does not:

(1) Class B felony if:

(2) Class C felony if the aggregate financial benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); or

(3) Class A misdemeanor if the aggregate financial benefit is less than five hundred dollars ($500).