WyomingChild SupportCase LawPaternityPresumptions
A presumptive father must provide clear and convincing evidence to meet his burden of proving the results of genetic test favoring another man are inaccurate or somehow deficient.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
A non-custodial parent has the responsibility of showing that business deductions are reasonable and appropriate.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
Where mother voluntarily leaves employment to become a full-time student, a district court can reasonably find she is voluntarily unemployed, and can impute her income from prior years.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
The principal portion of a business mortgage payment may be deductible if, in its discretion, the district court determines that the payment reasonably and legitimately reduces net income for child support purposes.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
The amount withheld from a father’s pay for deferred compensation is not income under the child support guidelines, because deferred compensation is not a “payment or return in money or in kind” to the father when it is paid into a fund for his later benefit.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportDuration of Support
The marriage of a minor is not a “terminating event” which automatically allows a payor parent to stop making child support payments for that child.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportChange in Circumstances
The marriage of a minor is not a “terminating event” which automatically allows a payor parent to stop making child support payments for that child.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrearsEnforcement
Child support may be modified at any time circumstances render such a change proper, but the modification operates prospectively only.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityGenetic Testing
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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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
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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