AR SB83

Petitioner must prove at every hearing that unsupervised visitation is not in the child's best interest under Arkansas Code § 9-27-325(p)(2)(A).

Creates a rebuttable presumption that unsupervised visitation is in the juvenile's best interest at every hearing, with the burden to rebut it requiring proof by a preponderance of the evidence.

If a court orders supervised visitation, the parent from whom custody was removed shall receive a minimum of 4 hours of supervised visitation per week, unless the court determines it is not in the child's best interest or would impose extreme hardship on a party.

Court must set a hearing within 30 days if a party files a motion to address the entry of a written order that was not provided to the court within the specified time.

Court is not required to conduct a hearing to address entry of a written order if the written order is submitted to the court, and may reassign preparation of the order as needed.