Kansas Divorce Tips
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Some useful Kansas Divorce Tips
- Some of the provisions detailed in a permanent parenting plan are as follows
- Methods of resolving disputes
- Transportation
- Telephone access
- Relocation of parents
- Sharing of and access to information pertaining to the child
- Allocation of parental rights and responsibilities about matters like the welfare, education and health of the child
- Weekends, inclusive of school inservice days and holidays adjacent to weekends
- Vacation, birthday and holiday planning
- Residential schedule
- Legal Custody is defined as the assignment of responsibilities of parents or any other person playing the role of a parent inclusive of decision making rights and issues like welfare, education and health of the child
- If a post decree motion is to be filed or docketed in the district court and this is pertaining to modification of child support, parenting time, visitation rights, residency, legal custody etc, then it is essential to pay a docket fee to the clerk of the district court
- Instead of paying a docket fee in case of the previous point, the other alternative is to file a poverty affidavit as established in K.S.A. 60-2001 and its amendments
- Assume a situation in which one parent is entitled to residency of the child or legal custody as per K.S.A. 60-1610. The other parent has been convicted of a crime mentioned in article 34, 35 or 36 of Chapter 21 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. The child of these parents is a victim of the crime of this other parent. In this case, the earlier parent need not give a notice to the latter parent
- Before or after the change in the marital status of the partners, the court might issue orders that the partners and / or their children should undergo an interview with a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist or a trained professional in family counseling. The expenses of this counseling would be taxed to either partner as justice and equity demands
- An order denying or granting visitation rights or parenting time may be altered by the court, when such an alteration fulfills the need of the best interests of the child
- A parent is sanctioned a reasonable parenting time. However, after a hearing, if the court detects that the parenting time is gravely hampering the emotional, moral, mental and physical health of the child, then the parenting time might be altered
- The court reserves the right to conduct an interview of minor children in chambers. The intention is that such an interview assists the court in making decisions regarding parenting time, visitation rights, residency and legal custody. Counsel may be allowed by the court to remain present during the interview. The parties have the right to request the court to make a record of the interview as part of record of the case
- Depending on the demands of justice and equity, the court may award both parties the costs and lawyer fees. The court might order that the required amount may be disbursed directly to the lawyer
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