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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-403

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Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Mountain Home School District No. 9 v. T.M.J. Builders, Inc. (1993)

Most recently applied in 2020 Ark. App. 469 - Shelby Woods v. Dianne Woods (October 2020)

Acts 1987, No. 715, § 3.

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(1) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to: the rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;

(2) the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;

(3) the disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;

(4) the modification or elimination of spousal support;

(5) the making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;

(6) the ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;

(7) the choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and

(8) any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.

(9) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.