Family Law

Kansas Child Support Guidelines due for revision which becomes effective January 1, 2024 may result in an average across-the-board increase of at least 10%. See https://www.kscourts.org/About-the-Courts/Programs/Child-Support-Guidelines.

S.D.II v. L.D., Docket No. 125,231, 2023 WL ______ (October 6, 2023.  Geary Dist. Ct.  J. Boehm—Affirmed in Part and Dismissed in Part).  An appellate court generally reviews a trial court’s order granting or denying a request to modify custody for an abuse of...

In Marriage of J.H. and K.H., Docket No. 125,823, 2023 WL ______­ (Unpub. Ct. of App. Sept. 1, 2023 Franklin Dist. Ct.  J. Witteman reversed and remanded).  The trial court excluded as hearsay the testimony of a detective who interviewed the mother of a minor child...

JURISDICTION TO MODIFY PARENTING TIME—Ends When Child Reaches Age 18. Marriage of Lewis and Bush, Docket No. 124, 454, ___ Kan. App. 2d ____, ___P.3d.____ (June 10, 2022-Johnson-Judge Rokusek—Affirmed in part and dismissed in part). Pro se father appeals court’s...

In order to approve a Separation Agreement and incorporate it into a Decree of Divorce, the district court must find that an agreement has been reached, and that it is fair, just and equitable. In order to make such a finding, the court must have sufficient evidence...

"Abusing a pet", defined as "purposely or knowingly causing, attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury to a pet with intent to control, punish, intimidate, or distress the petitioner" is one of the grounds the court may consider in issuing an Order...

CHILD SUPPORT-Modification-Underemployment.   Marriage of Rees (n/k/a Denning) v. Rees, Docket No. 123,206, 2021 WL _______ (July, 2021-Ellis-Affirmed).  Father changed jobs, moving to a different town and working for a lower wage.  Mother alleged the district court...

Effective November 4, 2021, the use of Form 14, which is the Missouri equivalent of the Kansas Child Support Worksheet, will be mandatory. A parent paying child support in a case in which modification of child support is sought may use a credit for children for whom...