Effects of separation
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 2020 Ark. App. 205 - Elizabeth Jane Callan v. Jason Elliot Callan (2020)
Most recently applied in 2026 Ark. App. 178 - Patrick Karlowski v. Elizabeth Karlowski (March 2026)
Acts 2001, No. 1486, § 5.
(1) Judicial separation in a covenant marriage does not dissolve the bond of matrimony since the separated husband and wife are not at liberty to marry again, but it puts an end to their conjugal cohabitation and to the common concerns that existed between them.
(2) Spouses who are judicially separated in a covenant marriage shall retain that status until either reconciliation or divorce.
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.