Family Law

The court gives fathers the same legal rights as mothers when it comes to deciding custody in Arkansas. There are steps you can take to increase your chances of getting joint custody. A judge will ultimately decide what is best for the child, so your role as father is to demonstrate you have a place [...]
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If you're looking at this page, chances are that you're either having to pay child support or you're having to make someone pay. In either case, the law is the same and most cases will be pretty easy to get resolved. Let's talk about the basics first. Child support will be ordered in 99% of cases [...]
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Child support in Arkansas is calculated based on the payor's net income for child support purposes. Click here to see my page on child support calculations in general. Once we determine the payor's net income for child support purposes, that number is plugged into the current Arkansas child support [...]
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Once a payor's child support obligation has been set by court order or decree, it will remain at the ordered amount for the ordered length of time unless and until one of the parties files a motion to modify it. Modification of child support is permitted under Arkansas law when the gross income [...]
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Discovery is a catch-all term that describes the rights of the parties to a lawsuit to learn about the information their opponent has. The discovery phase of a lawsuit usually begins as soon as the lawsuit is filed, and lasts until the parties feel it is completed, or until a court-ordered cutoff [...]
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