KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityDisestablishment
To terminate parental rights under Kansas law, voluntary relinquishment of parental rights and Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services’ acceptance of surrender of the child are required.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawIV-D Program
A child’s parent, parents, or guardian shall be liable to repay to the secretary of social and rehabilitation services any assistance expended on the child’s behalf, regardless of the specific program under which the assistance is or has been provided.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityUniform Parentage Act(UPA)
The Uniform Parentage Act requires courts to act in the best interests of the child when imposing legal obligations or conferring legal rights on the mother/child relationship and the father/child relationship.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawPaternityAdjudication
An action to declare nonexistence of a presumptive father and child relationship until almost four years after all relevant facts are know will be time barred – not within a reasonable time.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations
A trial court has the authority to deviate from guidelines by considering non-custodial parent’s support obligations to later born minor children of subsequent marriages.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawPaternityAdjudication
A district court possesses the authority to issue support orders retroactive to the date of a child’s birth in paternity/support actions initiated by a state for the reimbursement of public assistance.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations
Slight deviations from the guidelines without issuance of the proper findings does not require appellate courts to reverse and remand back to a district court.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines
The issue of consent to sexual activity under the criminal statutes is irrelevant in a civil action to determine paternity and for support of a minor child born of such activity.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines
Supplemental security income benefits being received by a minor child may not be considered in determining the presumptive child support due under the child support guidelines.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrears
Where support is paid directly to custodial parent, rather than through the channels specified in the support order, the non-custodial parent who has not fully complied with the support order and will be found to be in arrearages.
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