Arkansas Code Title 9, Title 9 -- Appendix Administrative Order Number 10 -- Child Support Guidelines

• Title 9 -- Appendix Administrative Order Number 10 -- Child Support Guidelines
• Section I. Authority and Scope
  Pursuant to Act 948 of 1989, as amended, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-312(a) and the Family Support Act of 1988, Pub. L....
• Section II. Definition of Income
  a. Income means any form of payment, periodic or otherwise, due to an individual, regardless of source, including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers' compensation,...
• Section III. Calculation of Support
  a. Basic considerations. The most recent revision of the family support charts is based on the weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly income of the...
• Section IV. Affidavit of Financial Means
  The Affidavit of Financial Means shall be used in all family support matters. The trial court shall require each party to complete and exchange...
• Section V. Deviation Considerations
  a. Relevant factors. Relevant factors to be considered by the court in determining appropriate amounts of child support shall include: 1. Food; 2. Shelter...
• Section VI. Abatement of Support During Extended Visitation
  The guidelines assume that the noncustodial parent will have visitation every other weekend and for several weeks during the summer. Excluding weekend visitation with...
• Section VII. Provisions for Payment
  All orders of child support shall fix the dates on which payments shall be made. All support orders issued shall include a provision for...

Last modified: November 15, 2016