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The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
We have many resources to help you file for a divorce in Kansas, whether or not you have children.
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These are the instructions that go only with the Judicial Council forms for filing a Divorce in Kansas (no children) for Self Represented litigants. They are current as of May, 2022.
These are the instructions only that accompany the forms prepared by the Kansas Judicial Council and available to self-represented litigants for filing a reply (answer) to a Divorce Petition, where there are no minor children in the marriage. Current as of 12/2022.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
Understanding Emancipation Laws in Kansas: What You Need to Know
What is Emancipation?
Emancipation means you are legally separated from your parents or guardian and do not have to live with them.
The law in Kansas emancipates you when you are 18 years old.
Having a baby does not make you legally emancipated.
Your parents cannot emancipate you so they are no longer legally responsible for financially providing for you.
Blog from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Preparing for a Kansas Divorce with Children: Complete Checklist and Interactive Guide
Information Needed for Divorce with Children Interactive Interview
The interactive interview will ask you questions. This is to gather the info needed to complete all the forms for filing a divorce in Kansas. There is a lot of data you will need to complete these forms.
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The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
We have many resources to help you file for a divorce in Kansas, whether or not you have children.
Table of Contents
Click on the topic you want to explore.
These are the instructions that go only with the Judicial Council forms for filing a Divorce in Kansas (no children) for Self Represented litigants. They are current as of May, 2022.
These are the instructions only that accompany the forms prepared by the Kansas Judicial Council and available to self-represented litigants for filing a reply (answer) to a Divorce Petition, where there are no minor children in the marriage. Current as of 12/2022.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
Understanding Emancipation Laws in Kansas: What You Need to Know
What is Emancipation?
Emancipation means you are legally separated from your parents or guardian and do not have to live with them.
The law in Kansas emancipates you when you are 18 years old.
Having a baby does not make you legally emancipated.
Your parents cannot emancipate you so they are no longer legally responsible for financially providing for you.
Blog from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Preparing for a Kansas Divorce with Children: Complete Checklist and Interactive Guide
Information Needed for Divorce with Children Interactive Interview
The interactive interview will ask you questions. This is to gather the info needed to complete all the forms for filing a divorce in Kansas. There is a lot of data you will need to complete these forms.
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