Order for periodic payments — Release of defendant on own recognizance

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-414 — under Offenses Involving the Family.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-414

(a) In its discretion, the original trial court may:(1) Order a defendant who violates § 5-26-401 to pay a certain sum periodically, for a time not to exceed one (1) year, to the spouse or to the guardian or custodian of a child; and(2) Release the defendant from custody upon the defendant's entering a recognizance, with or without sureties, in such sum as the original trial court may direct.

(1) Order a defendant who violates § 5-26-401 to pay a certain sum periodically, for a time not to exceed one (1) year, to the spouse or to the guardian or custodian of a child; and

(2) Release the defendant from custody upon the defendant's entering a recognizance, with or without sureties, in such sum as the original trial court may direct.

(b) The conditions of the recognizance shall be that the defendant:(1) Will comply with the terms of the order; and(2) Appear in court on a day certain.

(1) Will comply with the terms of the order; and

(2) Appear in court on a day certain.

(c) Failure to appear is punishable by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days and shall not be suspended.