Arkansas Code Title 9. Family Law § 9-10-111. Support award and bonds

(a)(1) If it is found by the circuit court that the accused is the father of the child and, if claimed by the mother, the circuit court or circuit judge shall give judgment for a monthly sum of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) per month for every month from three (3) years before the date that the petition, complaint, or other initial pleading was filed or from the birth of the child, if the child is less than three (3) years of age, until the child attains eighteen (18) years of age, except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section.

(2) If the parent ordered to pay support was not served with the petition, complaint, or other initial pleading under Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure and the court finds that the parent was not intentionally evading service, the child support order shall be effective no earlier than three (3) years before the date of service or from the birth of the child, if the child is less than three (3) years of age.

(b)(1) The court shall further order that the father enter into bond to the State of Arkansas in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500), with good and sufficient security.

(2) The bond shall be void if the person or his executors or administrators indemnify each county in this state from all costs and expenses for the maintenance or otherwise of the child while under eighteen (18) years of age and for the payment of the monthly payments that may be adjudged as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(3) Bonds shall be approved by the circuit judge and an entry made on the record of the conditions and the securities thereon.