Child Support
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No attorney-client
relationship is formed
by visiting this website.
Copyright 2008 by
Clarke & Wilson, LLC
This website is
maintained by
Stephanie J. Wilson
relationship is formed
by visiting this website.
Copyright 2008 by
Clarke & Wilson, LLC
This website is
maintained by
Stephanie J. Wilson
Stephanie J. Wilson
The amount of child support is determined by the
Kansas child support guidelines. There are new
guidelines that will be effective 1/1/08. Please click
here to view the new guidelines.
Kansas child support guidelines. There are new
guidelines that will be effective 1/1/08. Please click
here to view the new guidelines.
If you have not had your child's support reviewed recently, please contact me.
Child support may be modified where there is a material change in
circumstances.
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Courts have continuing jurisdiction to modify child support orders to advance
the welfare of the child when there is a material change of circumstances. In
addition to changes of circumstances which have traditionally been considered
by courts, any of the following constitute a material change of circumstances to
warrant judicial review of existing support orders:
A. Change of financial circumstances of the parents or the guidelines which
would increase or decrease by 10% the amount of child support on the child
support worksheet, except that the income from a second job taken by the parent
not having primary residency shall not alone be considered a material change of
circumstances to warrant a modification of the parent’s child support obligation.
Income from bonuses not shown to be regularly paid by the employer shall not
be considered a material change of circumstances to warrant a modification of
the parent’s child support obligation.
An increase in the gross income of the parent having primary residency is not a
material change of circumstances for the purpose of increasing the child support
obligation.
A parent shall notify the other parent of any change of financial circumstances
including, but not necessarily limited to, income, work-related child care costs,
and health insurance premiums which, if changed, could constitute a material
change of circumstances.
Upon receipt of written request for financial information, a parent shall have
thirty days within which to provide the requested information in writing to the
other parent. Refusal to provide the requested information may make the non-
complying parent responsible for the costs and expenses, including attorney
fees, incurred in obtaining the requested information.
B. The child is in a higher age group as a result of having passed the child’s
6th or 12th birthday or because the children’s age places them in the higher
age group as a result in the change in the guidelines.
C. Emancipation of the child.
Child support may be modified where there is a material change in
circumstances.
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Courts have continuing jurisdiction to modify child support orders to advance
the welfare of the child when there is a material change of circumstances. In
addition to changes of circumstances which have traditionally been considered
by courts, any of the following constitute a material change of circumstances to
warrant judicial review of existing support orders:
A. Change of financial circumstances of the parents or the guidelines which
would increase or decrease by 10% the amount of child support on the child
support worksheet, except that the income from a second job taken by the parent
not having primary residency shall not alone be considered a material change of
circumstances to warrant a modification of the parent’s child support obligation.
Income from bonuses not shown to be regularly paid by the employer shall not
be considered a material change of circumstances to warrant a modification of
the parent’s child support obligation.
An increase in the gross income of the parent having primary residency is not a
material change of circumstances for the purpose of increasing the child support
obligation.
A parent shall notify the other parent of any change of financial circumstances
including, but not necessarily limited to, income, work-related child care costs,
and health insurance premiums which, if changed, could constitute a material
change of circumstances.
Upon receipt of written request for financial information, a parent shall have
thirty days within which to provide the requested information in writing to the
other parent. Refusal to provide the requested information may make the non-
complying parent responsible for the costs and expenses, including attorney
fees, incurred in obtaining the requested information.
B. The child is in a higher age group as a result of having passed the child’s
6th or 12th birthday or because the children’s age places them in the higher
age group as a result in the change in the guidelines.
C. Emancipation of the child.