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.
Updated guidelines take effect January 1, 2020
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.
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 parenting 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 equal parenting time calculation
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, director
Trial Court Programs
kansascsg@kscourts.org