KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityUniform Parentage Act(UPA)
The stated purpose of the Kansas Parentage Act is to ensure that the legal obligations, rights, privileges, duties, and obligations incident to the father and child relationship are carried out.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityPresumptions
The presumption that a man is the father of a child if he notoriously or in writing recognizes paternity of the child must be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence or by a court decree establishing paternity of the child by another man.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementEnforcementLaches
Defendants in paternity support actions may not invoke the defense of laches as a bar to the enforcement of moral and legal obligations to their minor children.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrears
Father cannot receive credit against arrears based on prior voluntary overpayments.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations
Upward deviation due to underemployment is justified as long as district court explains the deviation.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportJudicial Discretion/Deviations
Any deviation from the amount of child support determined by the use of the guidelines must be justified by written findings in the journal entry, and failure to make such written findings is reversible error.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations
Factors a district court should consider when deciding what amount, if any, of a subchapter S corporation’s income should be included when calculating child support include the past earnings history of the corporation, ownership share, and the shareholder’s ability to control the distribution or retention of net profits in the business.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportGuidelines
When the combined income of the parties is in excess of the maximum contained in the Kansas Child Support Guidelines schedule, the “extended-income formula” may be utilized in calculating child support.
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KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityAssisted Reproduction
A man may be deemed a sperm donor if he provides sperm directly to a female for insemination in a doctor’s office. The man does not have to provide his sperm directly to a physician performing an artificial insemination to be deemed a sperm donor.
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WyomingChild SupportCase LawPaternityPresumptions
A presumed father, who holds a child out as his own and signs a paternity acknowledgment, will be held to be the child’s natural father.
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