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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-21-305

Effect of prior judicial order or agreement

Known as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

The act spans §§ 9-21-101 to 9-21-504 (31 sections).

Acts 2015, No. 1213, § 1.

In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant to this Article, the following rules apply:

(1) A prior judicial order designating custodial responsibility in the event of deployment is binding on the court unless the circumstances meet the requirements of law of this state other than this chapter for modifying a judicial order regarding custodial responsibility.

(2) The court shall enforce a prior written agreement between the parents for designating custodial responsibility in the event of deployment, including an agreement executed under Article 2, unless the court finds that the agreement is contrary to the best interest of the child.

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.