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Hermesmann v. Seyer (State of Kansas ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993)) [1] was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States, case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act committed by the woman.
Kansas' Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that child support payments cover fetuses, a measure critics saw as a move by anti-abortion groups toward giving them the same ...
The Kansas Department for Children and Families (formerly the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services) is a state agency in Kansas, responsible for the delivery of social services to those in need of them. [4] The agency was founded in 1973, and it is currently headed by Laura Howard.
The Act also establishes which state's law will be applied in proceedings under the Act, an important factor as support laws vary greatly among the states. [5] The Act establishes rules requiring every state to defer to child support orders entered by the state courts of the child's home state.
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The court also decides whether child support is to be paid directly to the receiving parent, or via the responsible SDU. [2] The main tasks of a SDU are: collecting payments from the parent required to pay support - usually either by direct payment or by directing the parent's employer to withhold the payments from their wages [3]
Critics believe the Kansas child support measure advances the anti-abortion movement’s long-standing goal of giving embryos and fetuses legal and constitutional protections on par with those of ...
Current child support guidelines and policies have also been criticized for requiring boys and men who are victims of rape to pay child support to the women who rape them. [132] Men who assert that a child was conceived as a result of deception, birth control fraud or sperm theft have also challenged their obligation to pay child support. [133 ...