In RE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON CIVIL PRACTICE - RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND RULES 3(f); (4(a); AND (6)(b) OF THE ARKANSAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE-CIVIL

── In RE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON CIVIL PRACTICE - RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND RULES 3(f); (4(a); AND (6)(b) OF THE ARKANSAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE-CIVIL ── Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas Date: June 04, 2026 Category: General Cite as 2026 Ark. 107 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS IN RE ARKANSAS SUPREME Opinion Delivered: June 4, 2026 COURT COMMITTEE ON CIVIL PRACTICE – RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND RULES 3(F); 4(A); AND 6(B) OF THE ARKANSAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE - CIVIL PER CURIAM The Arkansas Supreme Court’s Committee on Civil Practice submitted this recommendation for changes to Rules 3(f); 4(a); and 6(b) of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure - Civil. See In re Ark. Sup. Ct. Comm. on Civ. Prac. – Recommendations to Amend Rules 3(f); 4(a); and 6(b) of the Ark. Rules of App. P., 2026 Ark. 64 (per curiam). It was published for comment, and we adopt the changes, effective as of the date of this per curiam. The amendments are shown in “line-in, line-out” form. We thank the Committee members for their work on this project. Rule 3. Appeal — How Taken (a) Mode of obtaining review. The mode of bringing a judgment or order to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals for review shall be by appeal. An appeal from any final order also brings up for review any intermediate order involving the merits and necessarily affecting the judgment. An appeal from an order disposing of a post-judgment motion under Rule 4(b)(1) brings up for review the judgment and any intermediate order involving the merits and necessarily affecting the judgment, as well as the order appealed from. *** (e) Content of notice of appeal or cross-appeal. A notice of appeal or cross-appeal shall: (i) specify the party or parties taking the appeal; (ii) designate the judgment, decree, order or part thereof appealed from; (iii) designate the contents of the record on appeal; (iv) state that the appellant has ordered the transcript, or specific portions thereof, if oral testimony or proceedings are designated, and has made any financial arrangements required by the court reporter pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13- 510 (c); (v) state whether the appeal is to the Court of Appeals or to the Supreme Court; and if to the Supreme Court, the appellant shall designate the applicable subdivision of Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 1-2(a), which gives the Supreme Court jurisdiction. This declaration shall be for the purpose of placing the case with one court or the other for preliminary administration. It shall not preclude the appellant from filing his or her brief pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rules 4-3 and 4-4 in the alternative court if that is later determined by the appellant to be appropriate; and (vi) state that the appealing party abandons any pending but unresolved claim. This abandonment shall operate as a dismissal with prejudice effective on the date that the otherwise final order or judgment appealed from was entered. An appealing party shall not be obligated to make this statement if the party is appealing an interlocutory order under Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Civil 2(a)(2) to (a)(13), Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Civil 2(c), or Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 6-9(a), or is appealing a partial judgment certified as final pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). (f) Service of notice of appeal or cross-appeal. A copy of the notice of appeal or cross-appeal shall be served by counsel for appellant or cross-appellant upon counsel for all other parties. by any form of mail which requires a signed receipt. If a party is not represented by counsel, notice shall be mailed to such party at his last known address. Failure to serve notice shall not affect the validity of the appeal. Addition to Reporter’s Notes, 2026 Amendment: Subsection (f) is amended to delete the requirement for service on attorneys in a form