Ferguson v. Winston (Kansas 2000)

Prior to ordering a blood test to determine whether the presumed parent is the biological parent, the trial court must consider the best interests of the child, including physical, mental, and emotional needs (Ross Hearing).

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Whitt v. State ex rel. Wright (Wyoming 2001)

In establishing the amount of back child support owed, a state must determine the actual income of both parents for the time period at issue, or the state must have a factual basis to support that any imputation of income was reasonable over the time periods at issue.

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Skillett v. Sierra (Kansas 2002)

In entering an order of child support in a paternity action, the trial court may award an additional judgment to reimburse the expenses of support and education of the child from the date of birth to the date the order was entered.

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In re Marriage of Brand (Kansas 2002)

There are many factors to consider when determining what amount of a Subchapter S corporation’s income should be included as income of its shareholders for purposes of calculating child support. In those cases where income can be manipulated because of the ability to control distributions, heightened scrutiny should be exercised.

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Barnett v. Cusimano (Kansas 2002)

There is no authority within the guidelines to increase the non-custodial parent’s child support obligation through an upward adjustment under the supplemental visitation category based solely upon the non-custodial parent’s failure to exercise visitation or spend quality time with a minor child.

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Ready v. Ready (Wyoming 2003)

A deviation from the guidelines is permitted only when the trial court makes a finding that it would be unjust or inappropriate to follow them in a particular case and it specifically sets forth in full the reasons thereof in a divorce decree.

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In re Marriage of Metz (Kansas 2003)

Whether the district court has the authority under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to modify its child support order involves whether it has subject matter jurisdiction, which is a question of law over which an appellate court has unlimited review.

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In re Marriage of Metz (Kansas 2003)

Whether the district court has the authority under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to modify its child support order involves whether it has subject matter jurisdiction, which is a question of law over which an appellate court has unlimited review.

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McCulloh v. Drake (Wyoming 2005)

A change from shared custody to primary custody creates a rebuttable presumption of a change in circumstances occurred significant enough to warrant modification of child support.

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In re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)

Any deviation from the amount of child support determined by the use of the guidelines must be justified by written findings in the journal entry, and failure to make such written findings is reversible error.

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In re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)

Factors a district court should consider when deciding what amount, if any, of a subchapter S corporation’s income should be included when calculating child support include the past earnings history of the corporation, ownership share, and the shareholder’s ability to control the distribution or retention of net profits in the business.

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In re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)

When the combined income of the parties is in excess of the maximum contained in the Kansas Child Support Guidelines schedule, the “extended-income formula” may be utilized in calculating child support.

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In re KMH (Kansas 2007)

A man may be deemed a sperm donor if he provides sperm directly to a female for insemination in a doctor’s office. The man does not have to provide his sperm directly to a physician performing an artificial insemination to be deemed a sperm donor.

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In re Marriage of Branch (Kansas 2007)

For purposes of computing child support, domestic gross income includes every conceivable form of income, excluding public assistance and child support received for other children of the parents.

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In re Marriage of Ormiston (Kansas 2008)

The term income as it is used within the Kansas Child Support Guidelines (Guidelines) has been broadly interpreted by Kansas appellate courts to mean every conceivable form of income, whether it be in the form of earnings, royalties, bonuses, dividends, interest, maintenance, or rent.

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In re Marriage of Winsky (Kansas 2009)

When a child reaches 18 years of age and is no longer in high school, a parent’s obligation for support of any remaining minor children should be recalculated under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines.

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Dia v. Oakley (Kansas 2009)

The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, known as UIFSA, allows support orders entered in other states and some foreign countries to be registered and enforced in Kansas.

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State ex rel. SRS v. Cleland (Kansas 2009)

A child support judgment that was not void as of July 1, 2007, shall not become dormant, except that the judgment shall cease to operate as a lien on the real estate of the judgment debtor as of the date the judgment would have become dormant.

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State ex rel. SRS v. Kimbrel (Kansas 2010)

In an action brought by the Secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services on behalf of a mother and her biological child for an order of child support, a district court may determine that clear and convincing evidence proves a man who has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is not the biological father of the…

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State ex rel. SRS v. Kimbrel (Kansas 2010)

In an action brought by the Secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services on behalf of a mother and her biological child for an order of child support, a district court may determine that clear and convincing evidence proves a man who has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternityis not the biological father of the child,…

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State ex rel. SRS v. Kimbrel (Kansas 2010)

In an action brought by the Secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services on behalf of a mother and her biological child for an order of child support, a district court may determine, based on genetic testing and a hearing to determine the best interest of the child (Ross hearing), that clear and convincing evidence proves…

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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

Under the Kansas Parentage Act, a child may bring an action to determine a father and child relationship arising from a statutory presumption of paternity. The Kansas Parentage Act permits retroactive awards of support normally prohibited in divorce cases.

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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

The statutory presumption of paternity may only be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence or by a court decree establishing paternity of the child by another man or by weighing two conflicting presumptions and deciding which presumption will control based upon the weightier consideration of policy, logic, and the best interests of the child.

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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

In entering an original order for support of a child under this section, the court may award an additional judgment to reimburse the expenses of support and education of the child from the date of birth to the date the order is entered.

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Turner v. Rogers (Federal, US Supreme Court, 2011)

The state does not necessarily need to provide counsel to an unrepresented non-custodial parent if the state has procedural safeguards in place. Those safeguards include (1) notice to the defendant that his ability to pay is a critical issue in the contempt proceeding; (2) the use of a form or the equivalent to elicit relevant…

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In re Marriage of Hohmann and Hohmann (Kansas 2012)

Lump-sum social security disability benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor children because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payment.

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In re Marriage of Hohmann and Hohmann (Kansas 2012)

Lump-sum social security disability benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor children because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payment.

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In re Marriage of Taber (Kansas 2012)

Lump-sum Social Security disability insurance payments for back benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor child because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payments.

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In re Marriage of Taber (Kansas 2012)

Lump-sum Social Security disability insurance payments for back benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor child because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payments.

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In re Marriage of Brown (Kansas 2012)

If a motion for modification has not been filed, any court-ordered modification operates prospectively only, and the district court is not authorized to vacate or discharge past-due child support.

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In re Stephenson and Papineau (Kansas 2013)

An obligor parent is not entitled to reimbursement for timely child support payments made during months for which the minor children ultimately receive a retroactive lump-sum payment of the obligor parent’s Social Security disability benefits.

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Frazier v. Goudschaal (Kansas 2013)

Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. A woman claiming to be a presumptive mother of a child is an interested party under the Kansas Parentage Act.

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Dep’t of Family Servs. v. Currier (Wyoming 2013)

The Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of due process did not require the State of Wyoming to provide an indigent party with counsel in a civil contempt proceeding for nonpayment of child support, because Wyoming had sufficient substitute procedural safeguards to protect indigent obligors against the possibility of wrongful incarceration.

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Bagley v. Bagley (Wyoming 2013)

Wyoming law allows for the consideration of income available to child (supplemental security income) to be considered in determining child support. Based on the needs of a child and the income available to the child, a downward deviation may be appropriate.

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In re Marriage of Thomas (Kansas 2014)

Because an adoption subsidy is meant to supplement an adoptive parent’s income for the benefit of a special needs child, the adoption subsidy is in no sense attributable to the income of adoptive parent for the purposes of calculating child support.

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Greer v. Greer (Kansas 2014)

Presumptions of paternity may arise in favor of different men. When the court is faced with two conflicting presumptions of paternity, it is required to conduct a hearing to determine which presumption “is founded on the weightier considerations of policy and logic, including the best interests of the child” before it determines the child’s legal…

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Greer v. Greer (Kansas 2014)

A hearing to determine the best interests of the child, including physical, mental, and emotional needs (Ross Hearing), is required when (1) there is not a genetic test resulting in a presumption of paternity performed prior to the filing of the paternity action, or (2) a genetic test was completed prior to the filing of…

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Ackerman v. Ott (Wyoming 2014)

When deciding if a business deduction should be considered in determining the net income of a self-employed business owner under the Wyoming Child Support Guidelines, the court should focus upon the reasonable and legitimate nature of the expense and its impact on the party’s actual cash flow in the year in question rather than the…

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