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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 Hohmann and Hohmann (Kansas 2012)

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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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In re Marriage of Taber (Kansas 2012)

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Gratuitous contributions from governmental agencies cannot be used to reduce or diminish a parent’s obligation to furnish child support.
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In re Marriage of Taber (Kansas 2012)

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Lump-sum Social Security disability insurance payments for back benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor child because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payments.
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In re Marriage of Taber (Kansas 2012)

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Lump-sum Social Security disability insurance payments for back benefits received by mother on behalf of her minor child because of father’s disability may be credited toward father’s child support arrearage that accumulated during the months covered by the lump-sum payments.
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In re Marriage of Brown (Kansas 2012)

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A district court’s authority to discharge or vacate child support that is due under an interlocutory order, other than an ex parte order, is limited.
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In re Marriage of Brown (Kansas 2012)

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If a motion for modification has not been filed, any court-ordered modification operates prospectively only, and the district court is not authorized to vacate or discharge past-due child support.
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In re Adoption of AMP (Wyoming 2010)

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A district court has the authority to determine the credibility of witnesses and willfulness not to pay support based on the specific facts of each case.
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Walker v. Walker (Wyoming 2013)

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District courts have both inherent and statutory authority to enforce their orders through contempt sanctions.
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In re Stephenson and Papineau (Kansas 2013)

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An obligor parent is not entitled to reimbursement for timely child support payments made during months for which the minor children ultimately receive a retroactive lump-sum payment of the obligor parent’s Social Security disability benefits.
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Maley v. State of Kansas (Kansas 2013)

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A grievance based on the garnishment of social security disability benefits by the Kansas Child Support Collection Division is meritless.
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