If any person summoned, as provided in §§ 18-60-401, 18-60-405, and 18-60-409, desires to contest the rights of the petitioners or the statements in the petition, he or she shall do so by a written answer, and the questions of law and fact thereupon arising shall be tried and determined by the court.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property
Subchapter 4 - Partition and Sale of Land
§ 18-60-401. Petition — Determination of heirs property — Applicability
§ 18-60-403. Parties generally
§ 18-60-405. Guardians for infants or individuals with mental illness
§ 18-60-406. Court-appointed guardians for minors
§ 18-60-407. Constructive service
§ 18-60-409. Court order for division
§ 18-60-413. No partition contrary to terms of will
§ 18-60-414. Appointment of commissioners
§ 18-60-415. Duties of commissioners
§ 18-60-416. Court action on commissioners' report
§ 18-60-417. Deeds of partition
§ 18-60-420. Sale of land not susceptible to division
§ 18-60-421. Commissioners or other interested parties not to purchase
§ 18-60-422. Report and confirmation of sale — Conveyances
§ 18-60-423. Distribution of sale proceeds
§ 18-60-424. Sale without commissioners
§ 18-60-425. Sale of improved land where infant or individual with mental illness coparcener, etc
§ 18-60-426. Sale of land held jointly or otherwise by incompetent person