Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee member appointed

TOPEKA — Marc White of Topeka was appointed to complete a vacant term on the Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed him to serve through June 30, 2021.

The Kansas Child Support Guidelines are rules that judges and hearing officers follow to decide how much child support each parent is to pay toward raising their children. The advisory committee is composed of individuals with experience in child support and includes judges, attorneys, an accountant, and parents. The Supreme Court also uses an independent economist to provide the advisory committee an analysis of economic changes in the state and nation regarding costs and expenditures associated with raising children.

White is an attorney who began his career in child support with the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, now the Department for Children and Families. He has been the Shawnee County District Court trustee since February 2002.

He succeeds Larry Rute on the advisory committee.

Other members of the committee are Johnson County District Judge Thomas Foster, chair; Sherri Loveland of Lawrence, an attorney representative; Amy Beardy of Wichita, a parent representative; Michelle Slinkard of Topeka, an attorney representative; Doni Mooberry of Lawrence, an attorney representative with accounting and tax experience; Brian Mull of Wichita, a parent representative; Miami County Chief Judge Amy Harth; and Carol Park of Hays, an attorney representative.