Changing a child support order: when and how
What counts as a change in circumstances, what the court needs to see, and how long it takes.
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Family & divorce
Divorce, custody, adoption and guardianship.
Child support payments in an Arkansas divorce
How support is calculated, what counts as income, and what happens when someone stops paying.
Common mistakes parents make in a custody dispute
Most of the damage in a custody case is self-inflicted, and almost all of it is avoidable if you know what to watch for.
Custody and visitation while the divorce is still running
What happens to your time with your children between filing and the final decree.
Emergency guardianship in Arkansas
When someone needs protecting immediately, an emergency guardianship buys the time to do it properly.
Family law in Arkansas: what to expect
A plain walk through the areas of family law we handle and how each one usually unfolds.
How assets and debts are divided in an Arkansas divorce
What counts as marital property, how debt is split, and where the real arguments happen.
Legal protections for stay-at-home parents in a divorce
Leaving the workforce to raise children is not a disadvantage in a divorce. Here is what protects you.
Navigating a divorce or family law case
What the process looks like from the inside, and the decisions that shape the outcome.
Open and closed adoption in Arkansas
The practical differences between an open and a closed adoption, and how families decide which one fits.
Preparing for a divorce in Arkansas
The financial groundwork worth laying before you file, and why temporary orders matter.
The process of adult guardianship in Arkansas
What a court needs to see before it will give you authority over another adult's affairs.
The situations that most often lead to divorce
The patterns we see over and over, and what each one usually means for how the case runs.
Understanding child custody law in Arkansas
How custody and visitation are decided, what a court is weighing, and where parents have more room than they think.
What has to be decided in an Arkansas divorce
Property, support, custody and the smaller questions that hold cases up longer than they should.
What to do when you know a divorce is coming
Arkansas grounds, how quickly a decree can follow, and the first moves worth making.
Why mediation often beats a custody fight
Parents who reach their own agreement usually get a better arrangement than one imposed on them.
Bankruptcy & debt
Chapter 7, Chapter 13, garnishment and creditor pressure.
Debt, and what you can actually do about it
The five questions that decide whether bankruptcy helps you, and which chapter fits.
Filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Arkansas
How a repayment plan is built, what it protects, and who it suits better than Chapter 7.
Filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Arkansas
The means test, the meeting of creditors, what gets discharged and what you keep.
How long a Chapter 13 bankruptcy takes
A Chapter 13 plan runs for years, not months. Here is what the timeline actually looks like and what happens at the end of it.
The automatic stay: what bankruptcy stops the day you file
What the automatic stay stops the moment you file, what it does not, and the exceptions that catch people off guard.
How to stop a wage garnishment in Arkansas
What a garnishment actually is, how much of your paycheck they can take, and the one thing that stops it the same day it is filed.
When filing bankruptcy is the right answer to debt
How to tell the difference between a debt problem you can manage and one that needs the court.
Social Security disability
SSDI and SSI claims, denials and appeals.
Social Security disability benefits in Arkansas
Who qualifies, how age changes the test, and why so many first claims come back denied.
SSDI vs. SSI: which program applies to you
The medical test is the same for both. Work history, money, back pay and health coverage are where they differ.
The SSDI appeals process in Arkansas
The 60-day deadline, the four levels of review, and what actually changes a decision.
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