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§ 9-14-102. Wage assignment and deduction — Definitions

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Political subdivision thereof” means all cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns and counties and their agencies, boards, commissions, institutions and other instrumentalities, and school districts; and (2) “State of Arkansas” means all agencies, boards, commissions, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state. […]

§ 9-14-103. Quarterly report of funds, moneys, etc., received for child support

(a) (1) (A) Upon application of any interested person to any judge of any court of record having jurisdiction of the cause of action, the court may require any person receiving as guardian of the person, either by adoption of law or order of any court, any funds, moneys, credits, goods, chattels, or anything of […]

§ 9-14-105. Petition for support — Definitions

(a) The circuit courts in the several counties in this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all civil cases and matters relating to the support of a minor child or support owed to a person eighteen (18) or older that accrued during that person’s minority. (b) The following may file a petition to require the […]

§ 9-14-106. Noncustodial parents — Amount of support — Definition

(a) (1) (A) In determining a reasonable amount of support initially or upon review to be paid by the noncustodial parent or parents, the court shall refer to the most recent revision of the family support chart. (B) It shall be a rebuttable presumption for the award of child support that the amount contained in […]

§ 9-14-107. Change in payor income warranting modification — Definition

(a) (1) A change in gross income of the payor in an amount equal to or more than twenty percent (20%) or more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month shall constitute a material change of circumstances sufficient to petition the court for modification of child support according to the family support chart after appropriate […]

§ 9-14-108. Transfer between local jurisdictions

(a) (1) The court where the final adjudication of child support is rendered shall retain jurisdiction of all matters following the entry of the decree. (2) If more than six (6) months subsequent to the final adjudication, however, each of the parties to the action has established a residence in a county of another judicial […]

§ 9-14-109. Automatic assignment of rights

(a) By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child, which public assistance is provided by the Department of Human Services under the Transitional Employment Assistance Program, i.e., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the recipient thereof shall be deemed to have assigned to the appropriate division of the Department of Human […]

§ 9-14-110. Arkansas Registry of Child Support Orders — Definition

(a) As used in this section, “child support order” means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of […]