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9-11-802. Definitions.
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9-11-802. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Authorized counseling” means marital counseling provided by:
(A) A priest;
(B) A minister;
(C) A rabbi;
(D) A clerk of the Religious Society of Friends;
(E) Any clergy member of any religious sect or a designated representative;
(F) A marriage educator approved by the person who will perform the marriage ceremony; or
(G) As defined by § 17-27-102:
(i) A licensed professional counselor;
(ii) A licensed associate counselor;
(iii) A licensed marriage and family therapist;
(iv) A licensed clinical psychologist; or
(v) A licensed associate marriage and family therapist; and
(2) “Judicial separation” means a judicial proceeding pursuant to § 9-11-809 that results in a court determination that the parties to a covenant marriage live separate and apart.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-11-802
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9-11-802. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Authorized counseling” means marital counseling provided by:
(A) A priest;
(B) A minister;
(C) A rabbi;
(D) A clerk of the Religious Society of Friends;
(E) Any clergy member of any religious sect or a designated representative;
(F) A marriage educator approved by the person who will perform the marriage ceremony; or
(G) As defined by § 17-27-102:
(i) A licensed professional counselor;
(ii) A licensed associate counselor;
(iii) A licensed marriage and family therapist;
(iv) A licensed clinical psychologist; or
(v) A licensed associate marriage and family therapist; and
(2) “Judicial separation” means a judicial proceeding pursuant to § 9-11-809 that results in a court determination that the parties to a covenant marriage live separate and apart.
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17-27-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Counseling services” means those acts and behaviors coming within the practice of counseling, as defined in this section;
(2) “Counselor educator” means a person who:
(A) Possesses an advanced degree in counseling, psychology, or a closely related field; and
(B) Is employed in a teaching position at least part-time at an Arkansas institution of higher education or is retired from employment in a teaching position with an Arkansas institution of higher education;
(3) “Licensed associate counselor” means any person who:
(A) Holds himself or herself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “licensed associate counselor”;
(B) Offers to render counseling services to individuals, groups, organizations, corporations, institutions, government agencies, or the general public for monetary remuneration or otherwise implying that he or she is licensed, trained, experienced, or expert in counseling; and
(C) Holds a current, valid license to practice counseling under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to include those professions excluded by § 17-27-103;
(4) “Licensed associate marriage and family therapist” means any person who:
(A) Holds himself or herself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “licensed associate marriage and family therapist”;
(B) Offers to render marriage and family therapy services to individuals, couples, and families, singularly or in groups, for monetary remuneration; and
(C) Holds a current, valid license to practice marriage and family therapy services under the supervision of a licensed marria
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-27-102
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9-11-809. Suit against spouse — Separation.
(a) Unless judicially separated, spouses in a covenant marriage may not sue each other except for causes of action:
(1) Pertaining to contracts;
(2) For restitution of separate property;
(3) For judicial separation in covenant marriages;
(4) For divorce or for declaration of nullity of the marriage; and
(5) For causes of action pertaining to spousal support or the support or custody of a child while the spouses are living separate and apart, although not judicially separated.
(b)(1) Any court that is competent to preside over divorce proceedings has jurisdiction of an action for judicial separation or divorce in a covenant marriage if:
(A) One (1) or both of the spouses are domiciled in this state and the ground for judicial separation or divorce in a covenant marriage was committed or occurred in this state or while the matrimonial domicile was in this state; or
(B) The ground therefor occurred elsewhere while either or both of the spouses were domiciled elsewhere, provided the person obtaining the judicial separation was domiciled in this state prior to the time the cause of action accrued and is domiciled in this state at the time the action is filed.
(2) An action for a judicial separation in a covenant marriage shall be brought in a county where either party is domiciled, or in the county of the last matrimonial domicile.
(3) The venue provided in this section may not be waived, and a judgment of separation rendered by a court of improper venue is an absolute nullity.
(c) Judgments on the pleadings and summary judgments shall not be granted in any action for judicial separation in a covenant marriage.
(d) In a proceeding for a judicial separation in a covenant marriage or thereafter, a court may
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-11-809
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-11-809. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.