77 Ark. App. 136 - Boxley v. Boxley’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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1. “Appellant also contends that the judge erred in finding each party separately liable for only one-half of the debt to Ruby because he had no authority to determine the validity of a debt to a third party who is not a party to the lawsuit. Appellant is correct that a judge has no authority to decide the validity of an obligation to a third party who is not a party to the divorce. Arnold v. Spears, 343 Ark. 517 , 36 S.W.3d 346 (2001); Grace v. Grace, 326 Ark. 312 , 930 S.W.2d 362 (1996); see also Hodges v. Hodges, 27 Ark.App. 250 , 770 S.W.2d 164 (1989). Third parties may be brought into, or intervene in, divorce actions for the purpose of clearing or determining the rights of the spouses in specific properties. Copeland v. Copeland, 2 Ark.App. 55 , 616 S.W.2d 773 (1981). As the judge noted, Ruby did not intervene in this action. Therefore, the judge had authority only to determine Robert’s and Kathy’s obligations, as to each other, in regard to this debt. We stress, however, that the judge did have the authority to allocate responsibility for this debt as between the parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2010 Ark. App. 12 - Wise v. Wise