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Kansas Custody Laws: Key Differences Between Joint, Sole, and Non-Parental Custody
Types of Custody
Joint Legal Custody
All the information one needs to know about getting, modifying, challenging and other issues about child support in Kansas.
Do you have a child that needs your support?
As parents, we sometimes miss out on certain opportunities in our children’s lives.
If you currently have a child support case in Kansas you can attend an informational presentation to gain knowledge and understanding about your current situation and case and hear frequently asked questions and answers.
Raising a family and providing for your child today requires more than one parent. Many agencies can offer assistance to those willing to communicate their needs and reach out.
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
What is Special Education?
Special education means uniquely designed instruction to meet the one-of-a-kind needs of an exceptional child. It is provided at no cost to parents (K.S.A. 72-962(i)).
What is a Power of Attorney for Children?
These forms (available at the end of the page) can be used to give another person the power to care for your child in a crisis. With this document, another person will have legal authority for health, medical and other major decisions, within limits, when you're absent.
A Power of Attorney for Children is most often used by parents to allow a short-term caretaker to make decisions. This is often used when they're gone for work, vacation or otherwise out of town.
These instructions are meant to give a step-by-step guide to file a motion to change child support.
It will help you create all the forms you need to file the Motion to Modify Child Support.
If the change is because of income changes, especially a reduction in income, it is important to file a motion as soon as the income changes (up or down). There is limited ability to change the amount of support for months before you file the motion to change the amount of support.
The Kansas Attorney General's office, separate from Kansas Legal Services, has several special divisions to protect Kansans in many ways. The office has a division called Consumer Protection to help protect consumers from fraud and exploitation and educate Kansans on their rights and responsibilities as consumers.
This link goes to the page about consumer laws and protections provided by the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office.
All Kansas Judges use the Kansas Child Support guidelines to figure the Child Support paid.
It is the duty of the parties to bring a worksheet prepared following those rules to Court at the time of the final divorce hearing.
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions about interactive interviews.
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Kansas Custody Laws: Key Differences Between Joint, Sole, and Non-Parental Custody
Types of Custody
Joint Legal Custody
All the information one needs to know about getting, modifying, challenging and other issues about child support in Kansas.
Do you have a child that needs your support?
As parents, we sometimes miss out on certain opportunities in our children’s lives.
If you currently have a child support case in Kansas you can attend an informational presentation to gain knowledge and understanding about your current situation and case and hear frequently asked questions and answers.
Raising a family and providing for your child today requires more than one parent. Many agencies can offer assistance to those willing to communicate their needs and reach out.
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
What is Special Education?
Special education means uniquely designed instruction to meet the one-of-a-kind needs of an exceptional child. It is provided at no cost to parents (K.S.A. 72-962(i)).
What is a Power of Attorney for Children?
These forms (available at the end of the page) can be used to give another person the power to care for your child in a crisis. With this document, another person will have legal authority for health, medical and other major decisions, within limits, when you're absent.
A Power of Attorney for Children is most often used by parents to allow a short-term caretaker to make decisions. This is often used when they're gone for work, vacation or otherwise out of town.
These instructions are meant to give a step-by-step guide to file a motion to change child support.
It will help you create all the forms you need to file the Motion to Modify Child Support.
If the change is because of income changes, especially a reduction in income, it is important to file a motion as soon as the income changes (up or down). There is limited ability to change the amount of support for months before you file the motion to change the amount of support.
The Kansas Attorney General's office, separate from Kansas Legal Services, has several special divisions to protect Kansans in many ways. The office has a division called Consumer Protection to help protect consumers from fraud and exploitation and educate Kansans on their rights and responsibilities as consumers.
This link goes to the page about consumer laws and protections provided by the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office.
All Kansas Judges use the Kansas Child Support guidelines to figure the Child Support paid.
It is the duty of the parties to bring a worksheet prepared following those rules to Court at the time of the final divorce hearing.
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions about interactive interviews.
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