Kansas Child Support Enforcement Resource Center

• Kansas Support Enforcement Measures
• Who Can Enforce Court Ordered Child Support in Kansas
• Kansas Child Support Services Caseload Statistics
• Interest on Missed Child Support Payments
• Statute of Limitations on Back Child Support
• Statute of Limitations for Determination of Paternity
• Age of Emancipation / Age of Majority
• How Are Child Support Payment Amounts Determined in Kansas?
• Custody and Visitation Issues

Even if the non-custodial parent lives outside the state of Kansas, the law requires cooperation between states. The non-custodial parent is legally required to make regular child support payments, regardless of where they live.

Kansas Support Enforcement Measures

If a non-custodial parent does not pay child support, he or she is subject to enforcement measures in accordance with Federal and Kansas child support law to collect regular and past-due payments.

• An income withholding order (IWO) to enable automatic payroll deduction for support
• Consumer credit bureau reporting
• State and federal tax refund intercepts
• Contempt of court actions
• Suspension of hunting and fishing licenses
• Liens may apply to real estate or to certain kinds of personal property

Who Can Enforce Court Ordered Child Support in Kansas?

The Kansas Child Support Enforcement Program is the state-run child support enforcement office for Kansas. The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services is required by federal law to provide services through Child Support Enforcement Program (CSEP) and is funded by the federal government and the State of Kansas.

KANSAS CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM CASELOAD STATISTICS1
Full Time Equiv. Staff	604
Total Caseload	131,658

^{1 U.S. Office of Child Support Enforcement, Boxscores for FY 2005}

Interest on Missed Child Support Payments

Kansas does not charge interest on missed payments but Kansas law provides for the assessment and collection of judgment interest. This rate is determined by Kansas Legislature and changes yearly.

Kansas Statute of Limitations on Back Child Support Payments (Arrears)

In Kansas, support installments due after 7/1/1981 are enforceable until 2 years after child is emancipated. With appropriate action, enforcement may be extended indefinitely. Installments due before 7/1/1981 may be enforceable, but require case by case determination. In a proceeding for arrearages, the statute of limitation under the laws of Kansas or of the state issuing the order, whichever is longer, applies.

Kansas Statute of Limitations for Determination of Paternity

Kansas requires that paternity be established by the time the child turns 18.

Age of Emancipation / Age of Majority in Kansas

The age of majority in Kansas is 18. (K.S.A. 60-1610(a))

Support is automatically extended through June 30 of the school year (July 1 - June 30) during which child turns 18, unless court specifically orders otherwise. On motion, the court has discretion to extend support through the school year in which the child turns 19, but only if both parents participate or acquiesce in the decision that delayed completion of high school.

How Are Child Support Payment Amounts Determined in Kansas?

The Kansas Child Support Schedules take into account that income deductions for social security, federal retirement, and federal and state income taxes, as well as property taxes on owner-occupied housing, are not available to the family for spending. The schedules are based on national data regarding average family expenditures for children, which vary depending upon three major factors; the parents' combined income, the number of children in the family, and the ages of the children.

Custody and Visitation Issues

Child support and visitation rights are separate issues. The court determines both and will usually order the non-custodial parent to pay support and the custodial parent to make the child available for visits.

The custodial parent must obey the court order for visitation, even if the non-custodial parent cannot or will not pay child support. The court can enforce any of its orders against either parent.

Call Us Toll Free: 1-888-78-CHILD (782-4453)

Success Stories

ANOTHER SATISFIED CLIENT

Tina B.

Ohio

“I would just like to begin by stating that without you my children and I would be no further with our child support collection than we were before I had found your team of wonderful people.

As you know my ex-husband lives out of state and is constantly moving from job to job and now state to state. You and your team have been able to do what I consider the impossible. Even though it's tough at times to get him located you do your best and that's all I've ever asked for or expected.

For all you're doing and have done my children and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts with sincere gratitude and forever trust in you.”

ANOTHER SATISFIED CLIENT

David B.

Oregon

“I am a single dad and the father of two children. Many times you hear stories of deadbeat dads, but rarely do you hear the same term used against mothers who have become deadbeat moms and are not sharing in the responsibility of raising their children.

Several years ago, I got fed up with the State and County officials at the Division of Child Support. After many years of trying to work with my local child support officials I realized that they were overwhelmed, understaffed and ultimately a waste of my time. DCS was unable to obtain child support arrears from my ex wife who had abandoned the children when they were just 2 and 3 years old. The very first month after Support Collectors took over the collections aspect of obtaining child support I received a payment. I was floored.

If you've gone years without receiving a child support payment, Support Collectors can and will get the job done. I more than likely would have never received a thing had it not been for Support Collectors.”