Fleenor v. Fleenor (Wyoming 1999)
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.
Read MoreAhearn v. Ahearn (Wyoming 1999)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Schoby (Kansas 2000)
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.
Read MoreWhitt v. State ex rel. Wright (Wyoming 2001)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Kasper (Kansas 2001)
In situations where parents have divided custody of two children, a child support worksheet must be completed for each child.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Burton (Kansas 2001)
The Kansas Child Support Guidelines are the basis for establishing and reviewing child support orders in Kansas.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Burton (Kansas 2001)
A trial court must follow the support guidelines, and a deviation from the guidelines without a stated reason is reversible error.
Read MoreWatson v. Watson (Wyoming 2002)
In computing child support, a trial court must determine if a business expense should be deducted as a reasonable and legitimate business expense.
Read MoreSkillett v. Sierra (Kansas 2002)
In entering an order of child support in a paternity action, the trial 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 was entered.
Read MoreReady v. Ready (Wyoming 2003)
A deviation from the guidelines is permitted only when the trial court makes a finding that it would be unjust or inappropriate to follow them in a particular case and it specifically sets forth in full the reasons thereof in a divorce decree.
Read MoreReady v. Ready (Wyoming 2003)
There is no per se prohibition from using federal tax returns to calculate child support.
Read MoreDurham v. Durham (Wyoming 2003)
Deviation is allowed for substantial cost of transportation and visitation.
Read MoreOpitz v. Opitz (Wyoming 2007)
Upward deviation due to underemployment is justified as long as district court explains the deviation.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Leoni (Kansas 2007)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Branch (Kansas 2007)
For purposes of computing child support, domestic gross income includes every conceivable form of income, excluding public assistance and child support received for other children of the parents.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Branch (Kansas 2007)
The Kansas Child Support Guidelines do not address treatment of a lump sum employment severance payment in determining the amount of a parent’s child support obligation.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Vandervoort (Kansas 2008)
When courts make deviations from the recommended amounts in the Kansas Child Support Guidelines, courts must show that such deviations serve the best interests of the children.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Vandervoort (Kansas 2008)
The Child Support Guidelines are the basis for establishing and reviewing child support orders in Kansas, including cases settled by agreement of the parties.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Vandervoort (Kansas 2008)
A child reaching 18 years of age is one of the three events in Kansas which automatically terminates child support.
Read MoreState ex rel. Secretary, SRS v. Moses (Kansas 2008)
The presumptive child support obligation of a non-custodial parent whose income is solely derived from public assistance would be $0 under the child support guidelines.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Winsky (Kansas 2009)
When a child reaches 18 years of age and is no longer in high school, a parent’s obligation for support of any remaining minor children should be recalculated under the Kansas Child Support Guidelines.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Winsky (Kansas 2009)
When a child reaches 18 years of age and is no longer in high school, the obligation of a parent to pay support for that child automatically ceases.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Jones (Kansas 2010)
Kansas law allows for retroactive application of a child support modification back to 1 month after the filing of the motion to modify is clear, unambiguous, and straightforward.
Read MoreIn re Paternity of Janzen v. Janzen (Kansas 2010)
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.
Read MoreSwaney v. State of Wyoming (Wyoming 2011)
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.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Brown (Kansas 2012)
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.
Read MoreBagley v. Bagley (Wyoming 2013)
Wyoming law allows for the consideration of income available to child (supplemental security income) to be considered in determining child support. Based on the needs of a child and the income available to the child, a downward deviation may be appropriate.
Read MoreIn re Marriage of Thomas (Kansas 2014)
Because an adoption subsidy is meant to supplement an adoptive parent’s income for the benefit of a special needs child, the adoption subsidy is in no sense attributable to the income of adoptive parent for the purposes of calculating child support.
Read MoreAckerman v. Ott (Wyoming 2014)
When deciding if a business deduction should be considered in determining the net income of a self-employed business owner under the Wyoming Child Support Guidelines, the court should focus upon the reasonable and legitimate nature of the expense and its impact on the party’s actual cash flow in the year in question rather than the…
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