Arkansas Constitution
Amendments
Amendment 83 - Marriage.

Section 1: Marriage

Marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman.

Section 2: Marital status

Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the legislature may recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.

Section 3: Capacity, rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities

The legislature has the power to determine the capacity of persons to marry, subject to this amendment, and the legal rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities of marriage.