Arkansas Code Title 9. Family Law § 9-9-105. Employee leave for adoption

(b)(1) An employer that permits paternity leave or maternity leave for a biological parent after the birth of a child shall permit paternity or maternity leave for an adoptive parent upon placement of an adoptive child in the adoptive parent's home if requested by the adoptive parent.

(2) If the employer has established a policy that provides leave time for a biological parent after the birth of a child, the same policy shall apply to an adoptive parent upon placement of an adoptive child in the adoptive parent's home.

(3) A request for additional leave due to the placement and adoption of an ill child or a child with a disability shall be considered by the employer on the same basis as comparable cases of complications accompanying the birth of a child to an employee or employee's spouse.

(1) By the spouse of a custodial parent;

(2) Of a person over eighteen (18) years of age; or

(3) Of a foster child by the child's foster parents.