by Will Clark | Jul 15, 2019 | Family Law
Attempts to divide the marital assets of a divorcing couple are often complicated. This is particularly true when a couple has been married for decades and owns a business. As a result, judges are often left in the unenviable position of attempting to ascertain the...
by Constance Clark | Jul 23, 2018 | Family Law
Arkansas law favors joint custody of children following a divorce. But if mom and dad cannot cooperate and communicate with each other, a joint custody arrangement will not be tolerated by our courts. Civility, or a lack thereof – we’re used to hearing about the issue...
by Will Clark | Feb 14, 2018 | Family Law
Sometimes a marriage license is not “just a piece of paper” and can be quite significant. In the recent case of Stovall v. Preston, 2018 Ark. App. 64, the Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the validity of the marriage of a couple that were married more than...
by Jack Butt | Feb 1, 2017 | Family Law
Divorces are designed by law and intended by the parties to conclusively end their relationship with each other and separate their property so that each can go forward with their assets untethered from the marriage. Sometimes, the parties, their lawyers, and/or the...
by Will Clark | Jan 5, 2017 | Family Law
On the heels of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. , 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015), which effectively abolished prohibitions against same-sex marriage in the United States, state supreme courts around the country have been...
by Jack Butt | Apr 20, 2015 | Family Law
One might presume that in a divorce between the proverbial spendthrift grasshopper and save-for-the-winter ant, the frugal partner would be entitled to some consideration when their marital property is divided in the divorce. A recent court decision makes it clear...
