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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.

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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityUniform Parentage Act(UPA)

Under the Kansas Parentage Act, a child may bring an action to determine a father and child relationship arising from a statutory presumption of paternity. The Kansas Parentage Act permits retroactive awards of support normally prohibited in divorce cases.
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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityPresumptions

The statutory presumption of paternity may only be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence or by a court decree establishing paternity of the child by another man or by weighing two conflicting presumptions and deciding which presumption will control based upon the weightier consideration of policy, logic, and the best interests of the child.
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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

KansasChild SupportCase LawPaternityJurisdiction

Any agreement between an alleged or presumed father and the mother of the child does not bar an action by the child under the Kansas Parentage Act.
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In re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportRetroactive Support

In entering an original order for support of a child under this section, the court may award an additional judgment to reimburse the expenses of support and education of the child from the date of birth to the date the order is entered.
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Turner v. Rogers (Federal, US Supreme Court, 2011)

Child SupportCase LawEnforcementContemptFederal

The state does not necessarily need to provide counsel to an unrepresented non-custodial parent if the state has procedural safeguards in place. Those safeguards include (1) notice to the defendant that his ability to pay is a critical issue in the contempt proceeding; (2) the use of a form or the equivalent to elicit relevant financial information; (3) an opportunity at the hearing for the defendant to respond to statements and questions about his financial status; and (4) an express finding by the court that the defendant has the ability to pay.
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Swaney v. State of Wyoming (Wyoming 2011)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawEstablishment of SupportIncome Considerations

The district court cannot credit Social Security Disability benefits paid to dependent children against child support arrears owed prior to the time the obligor was determined to be disabled.
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In re Adoption of RMS (Wyoming 2011)

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The district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding there was clear and convincing evidence that mother willfully failed to support her child.
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Grenz v. State, Dept. of Family Services, Child Support Enforcement (Wyoming 2011)

WyomingChild SupportCase LawEnforcementArrears

A father cannot recover overpayments or have them applied to his future support obligations.
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In re Marriage of Hohmann and Hohmann (Kansas 2012)

KansasChild SupportCase LawModification of SupportOver Payments

If a payment is in excess of the arrearage, the excess benefit accrues to the child as a gift and may not be credited to any arrearage that accumulated prior to the months covered by the lump-sum payment.
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In re Marriage of Hohmann and Hohmann (Kansas 2012)

KansasChild SupportCase LawEnforcementDisability BenefitsEnforcement

Lump-sum social security disability benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor children because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payment.
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