Kansas Child Support
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Kansas child support is actually based upon, or directed
by Federal Law. The Federal Government undertook
studies to determine how much support was available to
children in intact families at different income levels.
The Federal Government then passed laws that would deny
Federal funding to any state that did not pass child
support laws that incorporated the Federal guidelines.
As a result, every state has a support law scheme that
conforms to the Federal mandates. The support
collection and support enforcement laws in Kansas, as
well as the other states is also dictated by Federal Law
on those topics.
Kansas
child support may be
assessed against either or
both parents. Kansas has
specific state guidelines
for the calculation of child
support. In calculating
child support, the Court
will consider the guidelines and the following factors: (1)
the financial resources of the child; (2) the physical
and emotional conditions and educational needs of the
child; and (3) the financial resources, needs, and
obligations of both the noncustodial and the custodial
parent.
Kansas child support payments generally continue until
the child’s 18th birthday or June 30 of the
school year in which the child reaches the age of 18. A
parent can request that child support be extended through
the school year during which the child reaches the age of
19 so long as the child is a bona fide high school
student and the parents jointly participated in or
knowingly acquiesced in the decision which delayed the
graduation of the child from high school.
Kansas child support payments are paid to the Clerk of
the Court or to the Court Trustee unless the Court orders
otherwise. The Trustee has the power to enforce child
support orders. To further aid in the collection of child
support, Kansas support orders contain provisions for
income withholding orders. An income withholding order
will be prepared by the Court Trustee and served on the
support payor’s employer. Once issued, the Order will
allow for the deduction of the child support payments
from the support payor’s income.
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