9 CAR § 40-406. Notification of relatives and fictive kin when a child is taken into custody by the division

(a) The Division of Children and Family Services shall exercise due diligence to identify and provide notice regarding any child transferred to the custody of the division to all adult grandparents, all parents of a sibling of the juvenile where the parent has legal custody of the sibling, and other adults who are related to the child within the third degree of kinship by virtue of blood, adoption, or marriage. (b)(1) Additionally, the division will provide notice to any other adult relatives suggested by the parents of the child. (2) Per Arkansas Code § 9-28-107, the division may provide notice of a child transferred to the custody of the division to fictive kin which are persons who have a strong, positive, emotional tie to the child and have a positive role in the child’s life but are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage. (3) The division will, on a continuing basis, seek out for the purpose of identifying potential opportunities for permanency, persons with whom the child has meaningful relationships. (4) The division will document its attempts to provide notice in court reports.