Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1663: TO PROHIBIT AN AWARD OF ALIMONY OR TERMINATE ALIMONY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF CIVIL OR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC ABUSE WHEN THE VICTIM WOULD BE THE PAYOR OF ALIMONY
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to prohibit an award of alimony or terminate alimony for a person who has been found to have committed an act of domestic abuse under the domestic abuse act of 1991 when the victim would be the payor of alimony; to prohibit an award of alimony or terminate alimony or a person who has been found to have committed an offense of domestic battering or assault on a family or household member when the victim would be the payor of alimony; and for other purposes…
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AN AWARD OF ALIMONY OR TERMINATE ALIMONY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE UNDER THE DOMESTIC ABUSE ACT OF 1991 WHEN THE VICTIM WOULD BE THE PAYOR OF ALIMONY; TO PROHIBIT AN AWARD OF ALIMONY OR TERMINATE ALIMONY OR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED AN OFFENSE OF DOMESTIC BATTERING OR ASSAULT ON A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHEN THE VICTIM WOULD BE THE PAYOR OF ALIMONY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO PROHIBIT AN AWARD OF ALIMONY OR TERMINATE ALIMONY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF CIVIL OR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC ABUSE WHEN THE VICTIM WOULD BE THE PAYOR OF ALIMONY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 9, Chapter 12, Subchapter 3, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 9-12-326. Prohibition or termination of alimony in cases of domestic abuse or other domestic offenses. (a)(1) If a petitioner for alimony was found to have committed an act of domestic abuse in a matter brought under the Domestic Abuse Act of 1991, § *LJH152* 03/03/2025 3:24:31 PM LJH152 HB1663 9-15-101 et seq., and the victim of the act …
Sponsors
- Karilyn Brown (R, 67) · primary sponsor