{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-211","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-211","heading":"Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.","body":"(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.\n(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.\n(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:\n(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or\n(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.","path":["Title 9 Family Law","Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations","Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 2 Jurisdiction","Part 3 — Reconciliation with Orders of Other States"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.09.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:28Z","sha256":"79236b5f4a4de8d389e2430147ea842e83fcbb7fa3c259a4ee40c5c71087fd50","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-210","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}