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Court filing fees in Arkansas

What the court charges to start a divorce or an adult name change in Arkansas, as stated in the fee schedule or statute. Lawyer fees, service of papers and newspaper costs are extra.

The details

Fee to file for divorce

For initiating ANY cause of action in Circuit Court (This applies to CIVIL, DOMESTIC, PROBATE cases, including appeals) $165.00 (Pulaski County, May 20, 2019)¹²

This is the fee in Pulaski. Other counties may charge a different amount.

The newest source we could read for this fee is from 2019. Confirm the current fee with the clerk.

Statute 21-6-403(b)(1) sets a uniform $150.00 filing fee. Pulaski charges $165.00.

Fee to respond to a divorce

Not listed¹²

Neither the statute nor the Pulaski schedule lists an answer fee.

Fee for an adult name change

For initiating ANY cause of action in Circuit Court $165.00 (Pulaski County)¹

This is the fee in Pulaski. Other counties may charge a different amount.

The newest source we could read for this fee is from 2019. Confirm the current fee with the clerk.

Schedule does not list name change by name. The any cause of action fee is applied.

Court that handles divorce

Circuit Court¹²

If you cannot afford the fee

Affidavit in Support of Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis: For a person who because of poverty is unable to pay the costs of the proceeding.³ Get the form

Sources

1. Fee Schedule, Central Receiving (May 20, 2019), Pulaski County Circuit Clerk, checked 1 November 2026
2. Ark. Code Ann. 21-6-403 (2020), Justia (copy of Arkansas Code) (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
3. Affidavit in Support of Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Arkansas Judiciary, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source we used only because the official page could not be read.