Family Law
Child Custody in Kansas: Common Questions
From the Kansas Bar Association website, below is the 10 most common questions asked Kansas lawyers about child custody, child support, and visitation:
CHILD CUSTODY
What types of custody orders can a judge make?
Joint custody is preferred and implies that both parents will share in making major decisions concerning the child’s upbringing. The usual arrangement is for the [...]
Child Custody
Child Custody
Child custody: an overview
In cases of divorce, the court of jurisdiction for the divorce proceedings also determines child custody arrangements. Under the common statutory provision, if the spouses have children together while married, the parents have joint guardianship over that child and the parental rights are equal. Each parent has an equal [...]
Kansas Grounds for Divorce
Kansas Grounds for Divorce
The Petition for Divorce is the initial document filed with the Kansas court. It is in this document that the filing spouse will request the court to terminate the marriage under certain specified grounds.
The district court shall grant a decree of divorce for any of the following grounds:
No-Fault Based Grounds:
(1) Incompatibility;
Fault Based Grounds:
(1) failure to perform [...]
Adoption in Kansas
Adoption in Kansas
You`re interested in adoption, but you`re not sure where to start. In Kansas, you have several options for adoption available. The first thing you must decide is the type of adoption you are interested in. Do you want an infant or an older child? Do you want to adopt domestically or internationally? These decisions [...]
Family Law in Kansas
Family Law
is a multi-faceted area of law that deals with family relations. Family law encompasses such areas as: adoption, child custody and visitation, children’s rights, child support, spousal support (alimony), separation agreements, civilian and military divorce (dissolution of marriage), marital property division (equitable division), elder law matters, estate planning, estates and trusts, wills and will contests, [...]