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Arkansas Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 9-12-301, 307, 308, 310 |
| Residency Requirements | One party must be resident at least 60 days before action and a resident 3 months before final decree granted. |
| Waiting Period | 30 days from filing for decree (except in willful desertion for 1 year of continuous separation). |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Separation:- (lived separate and apart for 18 mos.) |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Collusion, consent or equal guilt in adultery. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Impotence; conviction of felony or infamous crime; habitual drunk for one year or cruel and barbarous treatment or offers indignities; adultery; separate for 18 continuous months; committed for 3 yrs.; and where either spouse legally obligated to support other and having ability to provide common necessities, willfully fails to do so. |
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