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Child Support Resource Library

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.

In re Marriage of Johnson (Kansas 1997)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportMedical Support

For child support computations, where a parent is paying for family health insurance that covers individuals from more than one family, the cost of the family coverage should be divided among the number of individuals who are covered by the insurance and that number should then be multiplied by the number of children subject to the child support order.
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In re Marriage of Johnson (Kansas 1997)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations

Under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines, income may be imputed to the non-custodial parent if that parent is deliberately unemployed or underemployed.
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In re Marriage of Johnson (Kansas 1997)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations

If a reasonable person could conclude that a parent is not deliberately unemployed or underemployed, it is not an abuse of discretion for the district court to refuse to impute the parent’s former income in calculating the child support obligation.
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Hollingshead v. Hollingshead (Wyoming 1997)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrearsEnforcement

In the absence of statute, a decree for periodic payments of child support creates sequential judgments enforceable under the statutory procedures for enforcement of judgments.
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State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Cunningham (Kansas 1997)

KansasChild SupportCase LawIV-D Program

The legislature’s use of the word “assistance” in Kansas statute is intended to apply to all kinds of assistance, including medical assistance.
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Blessing v. Freestone (US 1997)

Child SupportCase LawIV-D ProgramFederal

Title IV-D of the Social Security Act requiring that states operate their child support programs in “substantial compliance” with Title IV-D, does not give individuals federal right to force state agency to substantially comply with its provisions. The substantial compliance is merely a guide for Secretary of Health and Human Services to measure system wide performance of state’s Title IV-D program.
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Wood v. Wood (Wyoming 1998)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations

Individual is not voluntarily underemployed because (s)he voluntarily commits a crime, which limits their employment options, if evidence reveals that they make a good faith effort to find the highest paying job possible given their situation.
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In re Marriage of Thurmond (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines

The Kansas Child Support Guidelines are the basis for establishing and reviewing child support orders in the district courts in Kansas. Judges and hearing officers must follow the guidelines. Child support obligations are calculated by completing the Child Support Worksheets.
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In re Marriage of Thurmond (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportIncarceration

The fact of incarceration, standing alone, is not legal justification for the suspension or modification of the parent’s child support obligation previously determined under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines.
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In re Marriage of Scott (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementEnforcementIncome Withholding

Income withholding for purposes of enforcement of child support obligations is provided by Kansas statute.
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