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AR Code § 9-12-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-309. Maintenance and attorney's fees — Interest

 (a)  (1) During the pendency of an action for divorce, whether absolute or from bed and board, separate maintenance, or alimony, the court may:  (A)  (i) Allow to the wife or to the husband maintenance;  (ii) Allow a reasonable fee for his or her attorneys; and  (iii) Allow expert witness fees; and    (B) Enforce the payment of the allowance by orders and executions and proceedings as in cases of contempt.    (2) In the final decree of an action for absolute divorce, the court may award the wife or husband costs of court, a reasonable attorney's fee, and expert witness fees.  (3) The court may immediately reduce the sums so ordered to judgment and allow the party to execute upon the marital property for the payment of the allowance, except that the homestead shall not be executed upon for the payment of the sums so ordered.    (b) The court may allow either party additional attorney's fees for the enforcement of alimony, maintenance, and support provided for in the decree.  (c) All child support that becomes due and remains unpaid shall accrue interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.  (d) The court shall award a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the support amount due as attorney's fees in actions for the enforcement of payment of alimony, maintenance, and support provided for in the decree, judgment, or order.  (e) Collection of interest and attorney's fees may be by executions, proceedings of contempt, or other remedies as may be available to collect the original support award.
AR Code § 9-12-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-310. Waiting period before rendition of decree

 Unless the parties shall have lived separate and apart from each other for a period of twelve (12) months next before the filing of the complaint or unless the defendant is constructively summoned by publication of warning order, no decree of absolute divorce or of divorce from bed and board shall be rendered in any action brought on any grounds except bigamy before the thirtieth day following the day upon which the action for divorce is commenced. This prohibition is not subject to waiver by either or both parties to the action for divorce. However, the parties may agree that the case may be submitted in vacation.
AR Code § 9-12-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-311. Legitimacy of children not affected

 The injured party may apply for a decree of divorce, but no divorce shall affect the legitimacy of the children born previously to entering the decree in the case.
AR Code § 9-12-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-313. Enforcement of separation agreements and decrees of court

 Courts of equity may enforce the performance of written agreements between husband and wife made and entered into in contemplation of either separation or divorce and decrees or orders for alimony and maintenance by sequestration of the property of either party, or that of his or her sureties, or by such other lawful ways and means, including equitable garnishments or contempt proceedings, as are in conformity with rules and practices of courts of equity.
AR Code § 9-12-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-314. Modification of allowance for alimony and maintenance — Child support

 (a) The court, upon application of either party, may make such alterations from time to time, as to the allowance of alimony and maintenance as may be proper and may order any reasonable sum to be paid for the support of the wife or the husband during the pending of a complaint for a divorce.  (b) Any decree, judgment, or order that contains a provision for the payment of money for the support and care of any child or children through the registry of the court or through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse shall be final judgment as to any installment or payment of money that has accrued until the time either party moves through proper motion filed with the court and served on the other party to set aside, alter, or modify the decree, judgment, or order.  (c) The court may not set aside, alter, or modify any decree, judgment, or order that has accrued unpaid support prior to the filing of the motion. However, the court may offset against future support to be paid those amounts accruing during time periods other than reasonable visitation in which the noncustodial parent had physical custody of the child with the knowledge and consent of the custodial parent.  (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction of the court to proceed to enforce a decree, judgment, or order for the support of a minor child or children through contempt proceedings when the arrearage is reduced to judgment under subsection (b) of this section.
AR Code § 9-12-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-316. Property settlements

 In any divorce suit in which a written property settlement involving real property is entered into by the parties and reference is made to the settlement in the divorce decree, a copy of that portion of the property settlement involving real property shall be filed and recorded with the divorce decree.
AR Code § 9-12-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-317. Dissolution of estates by the entirety or survivorship

 (a) Hereafter, when any circuit court in this state renders a final decree of divorce, any estate by the entirety or survivorship in real or personal property held by the parties to the divorce shall be automatically dissolved unless the court order specifically provides otherwise, and in the division and partition of the property, the parties shall be treated as tenants in common.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any other law to the contrary, when one (1) of the parties to the estate by the entirety has been found guilty or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony during the marriage and within three (3) years of filing the complaint for divorce and the other party to the divorce did not benefit from the felony, the circuit judge may award the property to the spouse who did not commit the felony or to both parties in any proportion deemed equitable by the circuit judge.  (c) However, when a circuit court in this state renders an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony or a divorce from bed and board, and the court dissolves estates by the entirety or survivorship in real or personal property under this section, the court may distribute the property as provided in § 9-12-315. The court shall set forth its reasons in writing in the decree for making an other than equal distribution to each party, when all the property is considered together, taking into account the factors enumerated in § 9-12-315(a)(1).
AR Code § 9-12-318 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-318. Restoration of name

 In all cases when the court finds that either party is entitled to a divorce, the court may restore the wife to the name that she bore previous to the marriage dissolved.
AR Code § 9-12-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-319. Nonresident defendants — Warning orders — Entry of decree

 In all divorce actions pending or filed in any of the circuit courts of this state where a warning order has been published against the defendant, who is a nonresident of this state, for the time and in the manner fixed by law and proof of publication has been filed with the clerk of the circuit court, and where the report or response of the attorney ad litem appointed for the nonresident has been filed with the clerk of the court, and no answer or other defense has been filed in the circuit court by the nonresident defendant, the judge of the circuit court upon submission of the cause to him or her in his or her chambers, or at any other place in his or her district by the attorney for the plaintiff, shall hear and enter a decree in the cause that shall have the same binding force and effect, both in law and equity, as if entered in term time in the county where the decree is filed.
AR Code § 9-12-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-320. Proceedings subsequent to decree — Change of venue

 (a)  (1) The court where the final decree of divorce is rendered shall retain jurisdiction for all matters following the entry of the decree.  (2)  (A)  (i) Either party, or the court on its own motion, may petition the court that granted the final decree to request that the case be transferred to another county in which at least one (1) party resides if, more than six (6) months subsequent to the final decree:  (a) Both of the parties to the divorce proceedings have established a residence in a county of another judicial district within the state; or  (b) One (1) of the parties has moved to a county of another judicial district within the state and the other party has moved from the State of Arkansas.    (ii) The decision to transfer a case is within the discretion of the court where the final decree of divorce was rendered.    (B) The case shall not be transferred absent a showing that the best interest of the parties justifies the transfer.  (C) In cases in which children are involved and a justification for transfer of the case has been made, there shall be an initial presumption for transfer of the case to the county of residence of the custodial parent.  (D) Justification for transfer of a case may be based on the establishment of residence by both parties in a county or state other than the county where the final decree of divorce was rendered.      (b) If the court that granted the final decree agrees to transfer the case to another judicial district, the court shall enter an order transferring the case and charging the circuit clerk of the court of original jurisdiction to transmit forthwith certified copies of all records pertaining to the case.  (c) Subsequent to the transfer to a county in another judicial district, if the party residing in the county to which the case has been transferred removes from that county or from the State of Arkansas, the case shall be transferred back to the county of original jurisdiction or the county of residence of the party still residing in the State of Arkansas.  (d) The provisions of this section shall not repeal any laws or parts of laws in effect on March 3, 1975, relating to venue for divorce actions, but shall be supplemental thereto.
AR Code § 9-12-321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-321. Annulment of decree of divorce

 The proceedings for annulling a final judgment for a divorce from the bond of matrimony shall be a joint petition of the parties, verified by both parties in person, filed in the court rendering the judgment, upon which the court may forthwith annul the divorce.
AR Code § 9-12-322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-322. Divorcing parents to attend parenting class

 (a) When the parties to a divorce action have minor children residing with one (1) or both parents, the court, prior to or after entering a decree of divorce, may require the parties to:  (1) Complete at least two (2) hours of classes concerning parenting issues faced by divorced parents; or  (2) Submit to mediation in regard to addressing parenting, custody, and visitation issues.    (b) Each party shall be responsible for his or her cost of attending classes or mediation.  (c) The parties may:  (1) Choose a mediator from a list provided by the judge of those mediators who have met the Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission's requirement guidelines for inclusion on a court-connected mediation roster; or  (2) Select a mediator not on the roster, if approved by the judge.    (d) A party may move to dispense with the referral to mediation for good cause shown.
AR Code § 9-12-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-324. Decree dissolving a covenant marriage

 In all divorce decrees that dissolve a covenant marriage created under the Covenant Marriage Act of 2001, § 9-11-801 et seq., the court shall enter a finding that the marriage being dissolved is a covenant marriage.
AR Code § 9-12-325 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment|Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony|§ 9-12-325. Condonation abolished

 (a) The defense of condonation to any action for absolute divorce or divorce from bed and board is abolished.  (b) The abolition of the defense of condonation under this section shall not affect the application of § 9-12-308.
AR Code § 9-13-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-102. Visitation rights of brothers and sisters

 The circuit courts of this state, upon petition from any person who is a brother or sister, regardless of the degree of blood relationship or, if the person is a minor, upon petition by a parent, guardian, or next friend in behalf of the minor, may grant reasonable visitation rights to the petitioner so as to allow the petitioner the right to visit any brother or sister, regardless of the degree of blood relationship, whose parents have denied such access. The circuit courts may issue any further order that may be necessary to enforce the visitation rights.
AR Code § 9-13-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-104. Transfer of custody on school property

 (a) In order to avoid continuing child custody controversies from involving public school personnel and to avoid disruptions to the educational atmosphere in our public schools, the transfer of a child between the child's custodial parent and noncustodial parent, when both parents are present, is prohibited from taking place on the real property of a public elementary or secondary school on normal school days during normal hours of school operations.  (b) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit one (1) parent, custodial or noncustodial, from transporting the child to school and the other parent, custodial or noncustodial, from picking up the child from school at prearranged times on prearranged days if prior approval has been made with the school's principal.
AR Code § 9-13-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-105. Criminal records check

 (a) Any parent of a minor child in a circuit court case may petition the court to order a criminal records check of the other parent of the minor child or other adult members of the household eighteen (18) years of age or older who reside with the parent for custody and visitation determination purposes.  (b) If the court determines there is reasonable cause to suspect that the other parent or other adult members of the household eighteen (18) years of age or older who reside with the parent may have engaged in criminal conduct that would be relevant to the issue of custody of the minor child or visitation privileges, the court may order a criminal records check through the Arkansas Crime Information Center, including a check of the sex offender registry under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq.  (c) The court shall review the results of the criminal records check, and if it deems appropriate, provide the results to the petitioning parent.  (d) Any costs associated with conducting a criminal records check shall be borne by the petitioning party.
AR Code § 9-13-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-106. Attorney ad litem programs

 (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts is authorized to establish attorney ad litem programs to represent children in guardianship cases in circuit court when custody is an issue.  (b) When a circuit judge determines that the appointment of an attorney ad litem would facilitate a case in which custody is an issue and further protect the rights of the child, the circuit judge may appoint a private attorney to represent the child.  (c)  (1) The Supreme Court, with advice of the circuit judges, shall adopt standards of practice and qualifications for service for attorneys who seek to be appointed to provide legal representation for children in guardianship cases.  (2)  (A) In extraordinary cases, the circuit court may appoint an attorney ad litem who does not meet the required standards and qualifications.  (B) The attorney may not be appointed in subsequent cases until he or she has made efforts to meet the standards and qualifications.      (d) When attorneys are appointed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the fees for services and reimburseable expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose to the Administrative Office of the Courts.  (e)  (1) When a judge orders the payment of funds for the fees and expenses authorized by this section, the judge shall transmit a copy of the order to the office, which is authorized to pay the funds.  (2) The court may also require the parties to pay all or a portion of the expenses, depending on the ability of the parties to pay.    (f) The office shall establish guidelines to provide a maximum amount of expenses and fees per hour and per case that will be paid pursuant to this section.  (g) In order to ensure that each judicial district will have an appropriate amount of funds to utilize for ad litem representation in custody cases, the funds appropriated shall be apportioned based upon a formula developed by the office, promulgated by rule, and approved by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc. and the Legislative Council.  (h)  (1) The office shall develop a statistical survey that each attorney who serves as an ad litem shall complete upon the conclusion of the case.  (2) Statistics shall include:  (A) The ages of children served;  (B) Whether the custody issue arises at a divorce or post-divorce stage;  (C) Whether psychological services were ordered; and  (D) Any other relevant information.
AR Code § 9-13-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-107. Visitation rights of grandparents when parent does not have custody of child — Definitions

 (a) For purposes of this section:  (1) “Child” means a minor under eighteen (18) years of age who is:  (A) The grandchild of the petitioner; or  (B) The great-grandchild of the petitioner; and    (2) “Petitioner” means any individual who may petition for visitation rights under this section.    (b) A grandparent or great-grandparent may petition the circuit court that granted the guardianship or custody of a child for reasonable visitation rights with respect to his or her grandchild or grandchildren or great-grandchild or great-grandchildren under this section if the child is in the custody or under the guardianship of a person other than one (1) or both of his or her natural or adoptive parents.  (c) Visitation with the child may be granted only if the court determines that visitation with the petitioner is in the best interest and welfare of the child.  (d)  (1) An order granting or denying visitation rights to grandparents and great-grandparents under this section shall be in writing and shall state any and all factors considered by the court in its decision to grant or deny visitation.  (2)  (A) If the court grants visitation to the petitioner under this section, then the visitation shall be ordered and exercised in a manner consistent with an order for grandparent visitation with a child awarded under § 9-13-103, which is distinct from a custody and visitation schedule awarded to a parent in a divorce case, unless the court makes a specific finding otherwise.  (B) If the court finds that the petitioner's visitation should be restricted, limited, or expanded in any way, then the court shall include the restrictions, limitations, or expansions in the order granting visitation.    (3) An order granting or denying visitation rights under this section is a final order for purposes of appeal.  (4) After an order granting or denying visitation has been entered under this section, a party may petition the court for the following:  (A) Contempt proceedings if one (1) party to the order fails to comply with the order;  (B) To address the issue of visitation based on a change in circumstances; or  (C) To address the need to add or modify restrictions or limitations to visitation previously awarded under this section.
AR Code § 9-13-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-108. Visitation — Preference of child

 In an action under this subchapter concerning a person's right to visitation with a minor child, the circuit court may consider the preferences of the child if the child is of a sufficient age and capacity to reason, regardless of chronological age.
AR Code § 9-13-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Child Custody and Visitation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-13-109. Drug testing — Proceedings concerning child custody, visitation, or welfare of child — Definition

 (a) For purposes of this section, “drug” means any controlled substance as defined by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq.  (b) In a proceeding concerning child custody, child visitation, or the welfare of a child, the court may order drug testing of a party upon application of a party or by its own motion.  (c) The court may assess the cost of the drug testing to a party or parties or otherwise order or arrange payment of the cost of drug testing.