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Arkansas child custody laws in the case of unmarried parents If this is the case, the court will typically award custody to the biological father if he can display to the court he is able to care for the child, both physically and financially, and if it is in the child's best interest that he be awarded custody.

This new joint custody law, known as Act 604 in the legislature, went into effect in July of 2021. Under the new law, joint custody is now the default custody arrangement for all child custody orders. If one or both parents want a different arrangement ? such as sole custody ? they now have a higher standard to meet.

While there is no specific definition under Arkansas law, an unfit parent is one who has failed to have regular contact with a children for a prolonged time without justifiable cause or has failed to contribute to their support for a prolonged time without justifiable cause.

If the parties share true joint custody and have similar income levels, the court may not require child support to be paid by either party. However, if there is a large income disparity between the parties, then the court will typically perform an offset of child support.

Neglect of the child's welfare highly indicates that the mother may not have the capacity to raise the child in the best manner. Failure or inconsistency in providing basic needs and necessities like food, shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare are substantial grounds for losing custody.

(a) That a juvenile has been adjudicated by the court to be dependent-neglected and has continued to be out of the custody of the parent for twelve (12) months and, despite a meaningful effort by the department to rehabilitate the parent and correct the conditions that caused removal, those conditions have not been ...

Parents may voluntarily give up their parental rights by placing their child for adoption. In cases where they are involuntarily terminated, the court believes it is in the best interest of the child to do so. The Courts will determine that parental responsibilities are not being upheld by the parent(s).

In Arkansas, there are two main routes by which parental rights can be terminated. Adoption and Department of Human Services (DHS) dependency-neglect cases. In an adoption case, such as a stepparent adopting their stepchild, both biological parents are required to consent to the adoption in order for it to go through.