Child Support Guidelines

Kansas Child Support Guidelines

Kansas Child Support Guidelines are rules judges and hearing officers follow to decide how much child support each parent is to pay toward raising their children. At the most basic level, they guide parents to create a fair and balanced distribution of resources essential to raising children: time and money.

Federal law requires every state's child support guidelines be reviewed every four years, and it takes about two years to conduct the review. The Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee oversees this work.
 

Proposed amendments to guidelines open for public comment

The Kansas Supreme Court is accepting public comment on proposed updates to the Kansas Child Support Guidelines. Comment may be made through an online survey until 5 p.m. Sunday, October 29, 2023.
 

Guidelines take effect January 1, 2020

Kansas Child Support Guidelines that take effect January 1, 2020, were adopted through Supreme Court Administrative Order 307. The new guidelines do not impact existing child support orders based on guidelines that took effect September 1, 2016, or earlier. Child support orders change only when a judge issues a new order. Until a judge issues a new order, existing orders remain in effect.

Kansas Child Support Guidelines that take effect January 1, 2020 (without markup)

Kansas Child Support Guidelines that take effect January 1, 2020 (with markup)
 

Forms and appendices

These forms are designed for use with the 2020 Child Support Guidelines. They are available in two formats (plain and fillable). 

Plain forms

Child support worksheet 
Domestic relations affidavit.2020 

Short form domestic relations affidavit.2020 

Equal parenting time (EPT) worksheet 

Agreed shared expense plan 

Fillable forms

Child support worksheet (fillable)
Domestic relations affidavit.2020 (fillable)
Short form domestic relations affidavit.2020 (fillable)
Equal parenting time (EPT) worksheet (fillable)
Agreed shared parenting plan (fillable)

Appendices

Cafeteria plans and salary reduction agreements

Tax rates

Cost of living differential

Military pay and allowances

Shared expense example
Income tax considerations
Court trustee contact list

Examples and scenarios for preparing the child support worksheet

Example: child support worksheet

Example: child support worksheet with parenting time adjustment calculation

Prior child support guidelines

Prior child support guidelines from 2016 and 2012 are also available online in the event you need to refer to them.     

Prior child support guidelines

Frequently asked questions

Find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Kansas child support guidelines. 

Child Support Guidelines FAQs 
 

Contact

Amy Raymond 

Chief of Trial Court Services

kansascsg@kscourts.org