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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.

State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Mayfield (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityJurisdiction

In an action to establish an order for support of the child, failure to join any person as a party shall not deprive the court of jurisdiction to determine whether a party to the action has a duty to support the child and, if so, to enter an order for support.
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State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Mayfield (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJurisdiction

In an action to establish an order for support of the child, failure to join any person as a party shall not deprive the court of jurisdiction to determine whether a party to the action has a duty to support the child and, if so, to enter an order for support.
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Rupp v. Grubb (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in CircumstancesIncarceration

Where a parent is incarcerated in a correctional facility, 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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Rupp v. Grubb (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances

Where a parent is incarcerated in a correctional facility, 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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State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Miller (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityAdjudication

When a child is born out of wedlock and no credible evidence exists that the child has a presumed father, the trial court may order genetic testing in a paternity action without first conducting a best interest hearing (Ross hearing), which is to determine whether the testing would be in the best interests of the child.
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State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Miller (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityAdjudication

When a child is born out of wedlock and no credible evidence exists that the child has a presumed father, the trial court may order genetic testing in a paternity action without first conducting a best interest hearing (Ross hearing), which is to determine whether the testing would be in the best interests of the child.
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State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Miller (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityPresumptions

When a child is born out of wedlock and no credible evidence exists that the child has a presumed father, the trial court may order genetic testing in a paternity action without first conducting a best interest hearing (Ross hearing), which is to determine whether the testing would be in the best interests of the child.
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In re Paternity of IC (Wyoming 1999)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations

A court has the authority to deviate a child support obligation downward based on insurance and travel costs.
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Gentzel v. Williams (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportJurisdiction

The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act provides statutory jurisdiction in the district courts to modify a child support order of another state.
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Gentzel v. Williams (Kansas 1998)

KansasChild SupportCase LawIntergovernmentalIntergovernmentalUniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)

Provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Interstate Income Withholding Act, and the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act are applied to the facts of each case.
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