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Arkansas allows you to complete your divorce without an attorney if you and your spouse can come to an agreement on what to do with your property and how you will care for any children that you may have.
Arkansas Residency Requirements
One of the spouses must have been a resident of Arkansas for 60 days before filing for divorce. The divorce cannot be finalized until one of the spouses has been a resident of the state for 3 full months.
Grounds For Divorce
The "no-fault" grounds for divorce in Arkansas require the Husband and Wife to have lived separate and apart from each other for eighteen (18) continuous months without sexual relations.
The customer may select the no-fault ground, or any of the following fault grounds:
- Adultery;
- Impotence;
- Habitual drunkenness for one (1) year;
- Defendant has committed a felony;
- Cruel and barbarous treatment
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- Defendant has offered such indignities to the Plaintiff that it has rendered his or her condition intolerable;
- Defendant has failed to provide Plaintiff with the common necessities of life.
In recent years when marrying in Arkansas, about 1 percent of couples choose to have a "covenant" marriage. Covenant marriages require counseling before marriage and additional counseling before divorce.
The "no-fault" grounds for divorce for a covenant marriage in Arkansas require the Husband and Wife, after obtaining required counseling, to have lived separate and apart without reconciliation from each other for a period of two (2) years.
Filing Your Arkansas Divorce
After completing the online interview, DivorceWriter sends you the divorce forms you prepared online along with detailed Arkansas filing procedures.
The basic steps for filing your divorce are as follows:
- The Defendant signs the Entry of Appearance and Waiver of Service of Summons and/or the Affidavit of Consent.
- The Plaintiff files the Complaint for Divorce and related documents with the Circuit Clerk and pays the filing fee.
- Plaintiff schedules a hearing with the Circuit Clerk.
- Both spouses attend the hearing.
- The Judge signs the Decree of Divorce finalizing your divorce.
Division of property & debt, child parenting plan (including child support, visitation and custody), spousal support, and more are covered.
Documents
If you select an Arkansas divorce without children, you are selecting the following forms:
- Domestic Relations Cover Sheet
- Complaint for Divorce and Verification
- Affidavit of Corroborating Witness
- Entry of Appearance and Waiver of Service of Summons
- Answer to Complaint for Divorce
- Property Settlement Agreement
- Decree of Divorce
If you select an Arkansas divorce with children, you are selecting the non-children forms as well as:
- Affidavit of Financial Means
Forms are specific to the state of Arkansas and DivorceWriter offers a money back guarantee if your documents are not accepted by the Court.
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