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In Arkansas, you can use the small estate procedure if the total value of all personal property does not exceed the amount to which the surviving spouse and children are entitled to by law or the value of the property is $100,000 or less, not counting the homestead and the statutory allowance for the benefit of a spouse or minor children. There's a 45-day waiting period for this.
Florida, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
The minimum wage in Arkansas is $11 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in Arkansas must be paid at least $11 an hour.
The minimum wage in Miami-Dade County is $11 an hour, the state minimum wage. Florida law prohibits city and county governments from adopting a local minimum wage that's higher than the state minimum wage.
The minimum wage in Hialeah, Florida, is $11 per hour, the state minimum wage. Florida law prohibits city and county governments from adopting a local minimum wage that's higher than the state minimum wage.
In Florida, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.63 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $11 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.
Yes. Federal bankruptcy exemptions are available in Arkansas. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-66-217
For married person or head of family: unlimited exemption on real or personal property used as residence to 1/4 acre in city, town, or village, or 80 acres elsewhere; if property is between 1/4 to 1 acre in city, town, or village, or 80-160 acres elsewhere, additional limit is $2,500; homestead may not exceed 1 acre in city, town, or village, or 160 acres elsewhere (husband & wife may not double)
$200 is maximum personal property exemption allowed under the Arkansas Constitution, although the statute allows an exemption of $1,200. Courts have held that amounts in excess of the Arkansas constitution are unconstitutional.
Arkansas is divided into 2 federal districts with main cities in
In Arkansas, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 16 weeks.