Title 9, Family Law

(a) A payor who has been notified of an order of income withholding shall be liable for any amount up to the accumulated amount that should have been withheld should he or she fail or refuse to withhold the income in accordance with the notice. (b) Once money has been withheld, e…

(a) A payor who is an employer is prohibited from discharging, refusing to employ, or taking other disciplinary action against a noncustodial parent under an income withholding order. (b) Any employer violating this subchapter shall be subject to the contempt powers of the court …

(a) A payor may withhold up to two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per pay period in addition to the court-ordered income withholding amount for the administrative cost incurred in each withholding. (b) The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall apply to unemploym…

(a) (1) A payor shall withhold the amount indicated in the notice from money, income, or periodic earnings due the noncustodial parent and remit the amount in the manner set forth in the notice.(2) Payments are to be made at the same time the noncustodial parent is paid. The payo…

(a) The circuit court may terminate an income withholding order upon proof that the court or its representative has been unable to deliver payments to the custodial parent for a period of six (6) months. (b) An income withholding order shall terminate when there is no further sup…

(a) (1) (A) Any decree, judgment, or order that contains a provision for 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 become a lien upon all real property, not otherw…

(a) (1) (A) Support that has been ordered paid through the registry of the court or through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse and that has become overdue shall become a lien on all personal property owned by the noncustodial parent wherever it may be found and need not be …

(a) In all cases in which the support and care of any children are involved, the court may:(1) Order either parent to secure and maintain healthcare coverage for the benefit of the children when healthcare coverage is available or becomes available to the parent at a reasonable c…

(a) All child support that becomes due and remains unpaid shall accrue interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum unless the owner of the judgment or the owner's counsel of record requests prior to the accrual of the interest that the judgment shall not accrue interest. …

(a) As used in this section, “physical custodian” means a natural or adoptive parent, a guardian, or a person or agency who has or is anticipated to have custody of a child or children for more than eight (8) consecutive weeks, other than court-ordered visitation, during which th…

(a) If a child support arrearage or judgment exists at the time when any child entitled to support reaches the age of majority, is emancipated, or dies, or when the obligor's current duty to pay child support otherwise ceases, the obligor shall continue to pay an amount equal to …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Accrued child support arrearages” means a delinquency owed under a court order or an order of an administrative process established under state law for support of any child or children that is past due and unpaid;(2) “Action” means any complaint, …

(a) (1) Unless a court order for child support specifically extends child support after these circumstances, a payor parent's duty to pay child support for a child shall automatically terminate by operation of law:(A) When the child reaches eighteen (18) years of age unless the c…

(a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into professional service contracts with private individuals or businesses and public agencies concerning the establishm…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Department” means the Department of Finance and Administration or its duly authorized agents;(2) “License” means an Arkansas driver's license issued pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Driver’s License Act, § 27-16-101 et seq., and § 27-20-101 et seq., …

(a) (1) Income withholding for child support shall terminate by operation of law when one (1) of the conditions set out in § 9-14-237(a) is met.(2) However, in no event shall income withholding for child support terminate:(A) When a current child support obligation exists; or(B) …

(a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall refer to the prosecuting attorney of the appropriate judicial district for prosecution under § 5-26-401 and any other applicable criminal statute, all cases i…

(a) (1) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide individual reports to the county circuit clerk concerning money received by the office in payment of arrearages owed by a person convicted of nons…

As used in this subchapter, “healthcare coverage” includes, but need not be limited to, insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disability, or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insu…

(a) In all decrees and orders that direct the noncustodial parent to provide and maintain healthcare coverage for any child, the court shall include a provision directing the employer to deduct from money, income, or periodic earnings due the noncustodial parent an amount that is…

(a) (1) No contract of individual or group healthcare coverage sold, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or offered for sale in this state by any insurer, health maintenance organization, self-funded group, multiple-employer welfare arrangement, or hospital or medical servic…

(a) Without regard to the fact that coverage may be provided through a policy benefiting the noncustodial parent of a child or children, any insurer, health maintenance organization, self-funded group, multiple-employer welfare arrangement, or hospital or medical services corpora…

(a) (1) An order of income withholding for healthcare coverage shall take effect immediately upon completion of enrollment requirements or, in cases being enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., by the Office of Child Support Enforcement of …

An order of income withholding for healthcare coverage shall have priority over all other legal processes under state law against money, income, or periodic earnings of the noncustodial parent except an order of income withholding for child support.

(a) Any person under a court order to provide and maintain healthcare coverage as of March 6, 1991, shall be subject to income withholding for healthcare coverage provisions of this subchapter. (b) An order of income withholding for healthcare coverage shall become effective upon…

(a) Prior to notification to the employer, the noncustodial parent shall be sent a notice by any form of mail addressed to the parent at his or her last known address as contained in the records of the court clerk. (b) The information contained in the notice shall include:(1) Tha…

(a) Should the noncustodial parent contest the withholding because of mistake of fact, then, after providing the noncustodial parent an opportunity to present his or her case, the court or its representative shall determine whether the withholding shall occur and shall notify the…

(a) Notice shall be sent to the employer or payor of the parent for whom income withholding for healthcare coverage has been ordered. (b) The notice may be served on the employer or payor as if it were a summons pursuant to Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or may b…

(a) Upon receipt of an objection from a payor under an order of income withholding for healthcare coverage, the court or its representative shall expeditiously determine whether the payor shall be relieved under the order and shall so inform the payor within ten (10) days of rece…

A payor who has been notified of an order of income withholding for healthcare coverage shall be bound by the order until further notice by the court or its representative.

A payor shall notify the court or its representative or, in cases enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, immediately when the n…

(a) A payor who is an employer is prohibited from discharging, refusing to employ, or taking other disciplinary action against a noncustodial parent under an income withholding order for healthcare coverage. (b) Any employer violating this subchapter shall be subject to the conte…

(a) In all cases in which either parent is ordered to provide medical support and the court order is enforced by the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Clearinghouse” means an automated child support payment processing system operating under the auspices of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, capable of providing …

The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to implement a clearinghouse system with electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange transaction capabilities for the collection and distrib…

(a) The clerk of the court shall provide to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration information on all child support payments paid through the registry of the court concerning the categories of cases listed i…

(a) (1) All child support payments made on cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D shall be paid through the clearinghouse to be operated under the auspices of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.(2) Alimony…

(a) (1) A Title IV-D child support, paternity, or Medicaid-only case shall remain within the clearinghouse for payment, collection, and distribution purposes even though a custodial parent may elect to close the case with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Div…

(a) Employers may remit income withholding for child support by electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange transaction. (b) The Title IV-D agency shall notify the employer when a case is assigned or transferred to the clearinghouse, at which time the employer shall…

(a) In all cases mentioned in this subchapter wherein the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is charged with collection and distribution of child support, the payment records of the office shall constitute a…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an adequate mechanism whereby the State of Arkansas can protect the general health, welfare, and safety of its citizens by intervening when abuse of a member of a household by another member of a household occurs or is threatened to occur…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Domestic Abuse Act of 1991”.

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Commercial mobile radio service” means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332;(2) “County where the petitioner resides” means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include …

(a) All petitions under this chapter shall be verified. (b) The petition shall be filed in the county where the petitioner resides, where the alleged incident of abuse occurred, or where the respondent may be served. (c) (1) A petition for relief under this chapter may be filed i…

(a) (1) The court, clerks of the court, and law enforcement agencies shall not require any initial filing fees or service costs.(2) A claim or counterclaim for other relief, including without limitation divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, or paternity shall not be asserted …

(a) The circuit clerk shall provide simplified forms and clerical assistance to help petitioners with the writing and filing of a petition under this chapter if the petitioner is not represented by counsel. (b) The petition form shall not require or suggest that a petitioner incl…