Unless the parties shall have lived separate and apart from each other for a period of twelve (12) months next before the filing of the complaint or unless the defendant is constructively summoned by publication of warning order, no decree of absolute divorce or of divorce from bed and board shall be rendered in any action brought on any grounds except bigamy before the thirtieth day following the day upon which the action for divorce is commenced. This prohibition is not subject to waiver by either or both parties to the action for divorce. However, the parties may agree that the case may be submitted in vacation.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 12 - Divorce and Annulment
Subchapter 3 - Actions for Divorce or Alimony
§ 9-12-301. Grounds for divorce
§ 9-12-302. Equitable proceedings
§ 9-12-303. Venue — Service of process
§ 9-12-304. Pleadings — Interrogatories
§ 9-12-305. No judgment pro confesso
§ 9-12-307. Matters that must be proved — Definition
§ 9-12-308. Effect of collusion, consent, or equal guilt of parties
§ 9-12-309. Maintenance and attorney's fees — Interest
§ 9-12-310. Waiting period before rendition of decree
§ 9-12-311. Legitimacy of children not affected
§ 9-12-312. Alimony — Child support — Bond — Method of payment — Definition
§ 9-12-313. Enforcement of separation agreements and decrees of court
§ 9-12-314. Modification of allowance for alimony and maintenance — Child support
§ 9-12-315. Division of property — Definition
§ 9-12-316. Property settlements
§ 9-12-317. Dissolution of estates by the entirety or survivorship
§ 9-12-318. Restoration of name
§ 9-12-319. Nonresident defendants — Warning orders — Entry of decree
§ 9-12-320. Proceedings subsequent to decree — Change of venue
§ 9-12-321. Annulment of decree of divorce
§ 9-12-322. Divorcing parents to attend parenting class
§ 9-12-323. Joint credit card accounts