A Garland County Circuit Court judge in Arkansas entered an agreed mutual no contact order on March 30, 2026, in case 26DR-26-51 involving Jaime T. Phillips and Jonathan L. Riches. The order states that the no contact provisions will remain in effect for three years and will expire at the end of that period if there are no violations or other issues. If either party violates the order, the aggrieved party may petition the court for relief.
Under the order, Riches is barred from initiating any contact with Phillips, including physical, telephonic, electronic, oral, written, visual, or video contact, and may not use a third party to contact her except through legal counsel or as otherwise authorized by law or court order. The order imposes the same restriction on Phillips regarding contact with Riches.
The filing also prohibits both parties from monitoring, harassing, annoying, intimidating, threatening, interfering with, disparaging, or defaming one another, either directly or indirectly. It specifically states that neither side may make public statements referencing, undermining, or disparaging the other, including through social media posts, interviews, or third party communications.
In addition, the order says all communications and negotiations involving real or personal property must go through counsel. Neither party may sell, transfer, conceal, damage, or otherwise dispose of property in which either claims an interest, except in the ordinary course of business or for ordinary and necessary living expenses, absent a further court order or written agreement of counsel. The final page identifies the filing as an “Order No Contact” and shows it was electronically signed on March 30, 2026.
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