Kansas Child Support Forum
General Kansas Child Support Discussions => Kansas Child Support Guidelines => Topic started by: Dad on June 02, 2015, 09:20:16 AM
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Does any one have an idea of the items being considered for the 2016 changes?
Thanks.
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Dad,
Brian Mull submitted quite a bit of information on this post: http://kschildsupportforum.com/documents/2016-kansas-child-support-guidelines-updates/ I think there were more changes suggested by the committee, but from the information I've seen, Brian brought most of the issues to the attention of the committee this go around. He definitely seems to understand things better than even our state "professionals" do.
There was a list of topics in the meeting minutes for June or July. You can find them here: http://www.kscourts.org/Rules-procedures-forms/Child-Support-Guidelines/Minutes2016.asp
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Thank you!
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Received this info last week: The Kansas Supreme Court’s Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee is seeking public comment on its proposed changes to the Kansas Child Support Guidelines. The public comment period was announced by news release and is featured on the Kansas judicial branch website under “What’s New.” We are asking for comment through a survey, which we encourage you to complete by 8:00 AM on Monday, June 22, 2015.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CSGProposed2016
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My name is Dennis Molamphy. I was active here awhile back under djmlaw and now I am back in. I really don't like parts of the 2016 Guidelines and you can find my open letter to the Supreme Court at http://www.comments-on-2016-guidelines.com/. As triers of fact, attorneys, advocates, and parents, we should not have to accept such bad materials.
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Thank you Dennis for promoting change. A couple questions have been asked here before, but since you're current on the issues, maybe you know. For starters, why are the guidelines even written by the judicial branch? The mere fact that the same judges who enforce or interpret the guidelines in cases of an appeal are the same ones approving them. Why is this okay? Wouldn't it make more sense for the guidelines to be part of the legislative process? Another thing that seems to be consistently brushed under the rug is the issue of term limits on committee members. Why have some committee members been sitting on the committee for the past 30 years? There were apparently hundreds of people lining up to sit on the committee in 2012, yet only a handful were allowed to displace those stepping down. The guidelines have probably remained the same for a number of years because it's the same group of people approving them year after year. Have you ever talked about term limits with the committee?
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October 22, 2015
1. Child support should be a legislative matter executed by the executive and judged by the courts. The custodial groups and their advocates are afraid of the legislature-consider the current education funding problem.
2. Some of the members of the committee have vested so much time that they feel they must stay to protect their position.
3. 2 Guidelines cycle should be enough of a term-10 years.
4. The materials need a good red pencil attack, some proof reading, and examples on the web.