You love your child, provide for him or her and make responsible parenting decisions. You are clearly acting as your child's father, so do you need to take the time to establish legal paternity? It may seem unnecessary, but establishing paternity in Arkansas is...
We note on a relevant page of our family law website at the Arkansas law firm of that every paternity-related matter "is unique." The following case demonstrably bears that out. It involves a case in an adjoining state, namely Texas, where...
Society puts a lot of stock in family. It's not surprising. Most experts will tell you that without parents and children, the values that serve as the foundation of social structures might fade away. However, what constituted norms a few decades ago are not the same...
We have written before about how the law and our lives aren't always in sync. This is perhaps most clearly in evidence in cases related to a child's parentage. The law in many states, including Arkansas, makes certain assumptions about who a child's father is when...
Prosecutorial discretion is something well understood by those who practice criminal law in Arkansas. The concept is not limited to the criminal side of the judicial system, however. All government agencies exercise a certain amount of discretion about what cases to...
What does the future hold? No one can say for sure. That does not mean we don't have visions about what we want the future to look like. The focus for parents in Arkansas most certainly includes a hope that their children's tomorrows will be better than whatever their...
The 10 commandments weren't the first laws ever written. They could be called the most succinct. "Honor your father and your mother" is pretty declarative even if differences of opinion exist about what honoring means. Sometimes, as we observed in an earlier post, the...
We hold to the notion that the tide is turning for fathers seeking their full parenting rights. It can be a slow process. A lot depends, of course, on the laws of the state in which such disputes arise. In Arkansas, family court judges have a greater amount of...
Knowledge is power. This is certainly true when it comes to family law in Arkansas. If you don't know what your rights are or what tools are available for establishing those rights, it can be very difficult to exercise and defend your privileges Even then, it can...
There are many elements in the dynamics of family relationships. The most foundational is love and that is what tends to influence the interactions. Most of the time, the result is a happy life. Divorce doesn't have to suck the happiness out of Arkansas family...