Ark. Code Ann. § 15-73-408: Necessary parties - Effect of sale or lease

All spouses of the various owners of interests in oil and gas rights shall be necessary parties to the suit in partition, and the sale of the property by the commissioner under the decree, or the leasing of the property by the receiver as provided in this subchapter, shall effectively cut off all right of dower, curtesy, and homestead of spouses in and to the property rights and interests therein conveyed, leased, or let.