Arkansas § 9-11-808 - Divorce or separation.

§ 9-11-808. Divorce or separation.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and subsequent to the parties' obtaining authorized counseling, a spouse to a covenant marriage may obtain a judgment of divorce only upon proof of any of the following: The other spouse has committed adultery; The other spouse has committed a felony or other infamous crime; The other spouse has physically or sexually abused the spouse seeking the divorce or a child of one (1) of the spouses; The spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for a period of two (2) years; or The spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for a period of two (2) years from the date the judgment of judicial separation was signed. If there is a minor child or children of the marriage, the spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for a period of two (2) years and six (6) months from the date the judgment of judicial separation was signed. However, if abuse of a child of the marriage or a child of one (1) of the spouses is the basis for which the judgment of judicial separation was obtained, then a judgment of divorce may be obtained if the spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for a period of one (1) year from the date the judgment of judicial separation was signed. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and subsequent to the parties' obtaining authorized counseling, a spouse to a covenant marriage may obtain a judgment of judicial separation only upon proof of any of the following: The other spouse has committed adultery; The other spouse has committed a felony and has been sentenced to death or imprisonment; The other spouse has physically or sexually abused the spouse seeking the legal separation or divorce or a child of one (1) of the spouses; The spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for a period of two (2) years; or The other spouse shall: Be addicted to habitual drunkenness for one (1) year; Be guilty of such cruel and barbarous treatment as to endanger the life of the other; or Offer such indignities to the person of the other as shall render his or her condition intolerable.