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Welcome to the YoungWilliams Child Support Resource Library. Search by keywords or use the filters to select categories of interest to you. Currently, our Library consists of academic and government research articles and reports from around the country, federal opinions, and case law from states in which our full service child support projects are located.

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In re Paternity of SDM (Wyoming 1994)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawPaternityAdjudication

A child who has not been included as a party in any prior paternity case nor any prior divorce action cannot be foreclosed by the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or judicial estoppel with respect to the child’s subsequent effort to achieve determination of paternity.
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In re Marriage of Case (Kansas 1994)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances

Voluntary termination by a child support obligor from higher paid employment to accept lower paid employment is always suspect.
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In re Marriage of Beacham (Kansas 1994)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines

Child support worksheets approved by the court shall be filed in every case where an order of child support is entered after the effective date of the Kansas Child Support Guidelines.
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Sharpe v. Sharpe (Wyoming 1995)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances

The denial of visitation rights by either the custodial parent or the child does not constitute a change in circumstances justifying the reduction or termination of the non-custodial parent’s support obligation.
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Scruggs v. Chandlee (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations

The child support guidelines provide that the non-custodial parent may deduct the amount of child support paid for those children from his or her gross income.
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Scruggs v. Chandlee (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportIncome Considerations

The child support guidelines provide that the non-custodial parent may deduct the amount of child support paid for those children from his or her gross income.
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In re Marriage of Lewallen (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations

For the purposes of the Kansas Child Support Guidelines, a farmer is a self-employed person whose domestic gross income is that person’s gross income less those actual expenditures reasonably necessary for the production of income.
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In re Marriage of Lewallen (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines

In determining child support obligations under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines, the taxable income shown in a tax return is not always a reliable indication of domestic gross income.
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In re Marriage of Lewallen (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportIncome Considerations

In determining domestic gross income of a farmer under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines, a total disregard of depreciation in farming operations is an abuse of discretion by a court.
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Florida Dept. of HRS v. Breeden (Kansas 1995)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityGenetic Testing

Where a paternity proceeding is initiated through an interstate support enforcement mechanism and the child resides in another state, the trial court should await a determination from the court of the initiating state that a blood test establishing paternity is in the best interests of the child before making its determination of paternity.
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