Divorce Jonesboro AR

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BENSON LAW FIRM
Divorce Jonesboro AR
King Benson
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Preserving Families
HOW WE DEAL?

• A divorce is difficult proposition to begin
  with and an agreement or the outcome of a trial
  can have a long lasting impact on your family.
• Every divorce is unique but most involve
  issues of assets, debts and children.
• Developing creative solutions on property and
  child custody issues.

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Divorce, Child Custody,
Visitation, Child Support in Arkansas
Divorce is the most common form of marriage
termination, other than death of a spouse. A
divorce terminates an existing marriage, allows
the parties to remarry, and determines the rights
against each other following the marriage.
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Uncontested Divorce
Divorce concluded on an uncontested basis. This
is by far the easiest and less expensive way to
get divorced.
Your divorce is contested if your spouse hires
an attorney, refuses to sign the papers or
cannot be found.
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Effect of Divorce
The effect of divorce is to terminate the
marriage between spouses as of the date that the
judgment of the divorce is granted in court.
Following an absolute divorce, the spouses are
free to remarry. At the time of divorce, the
Court may make other determinations regarding
the children of the marriage and the financial
affairs of the parties, including a distribution
of property as well as an allotment of debt.
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Child Custody
Custody of minor children in Arkansas begin with
a consideration of the tender years doctrine.
The tender years doctrine basically set forth
the presumption that children under a certain
age should remain with the mother in the event
of the separation or divorce. At a minimum,
the child(ren) should have access to both
parents, the residential status of the
child(ren) should be stable and safe, and the
child(ren) should have adequate access to basic
necessities.
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Visitation
Visitation addresses a non custodial parents
rights to see a child(ren). The parents have an
opportunity to develop a visitation schedule if
both are agreeable subject to court approval.
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Child Support is determined by considering the
needs of a child(ren) and the ability of the
non custodial parent to provide the support.
Child Support
The guidelines consider the income of the non
custodial spouse and the number of children on
which the non custodial spouse is obligated to
pay support.
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Contact
ADDRESS 1005 Linwood Drive Paragould, Arkansas
BENSON LAW FIRM JONESBORO AR
[phone]
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