Kansas HB2062: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations

What the bill says

An act concerning children and families; relating to orders of child support; providing for child support for unborn children from the date of conception and including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother; requiring the court to consider the value of retirement accounts when determining support orders; eliminating the exemption and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations; providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children; amending K.S.A. 20-165, 23-2205, 23-3001 and 23-3002 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp…

From the enrolled text, April 10, 2025:

AN ACT concerning children and families; relating to orders of child support; providing for child support for unborn children from the date of conception and including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother; requiring the court to consider the value of retirement accounts when determining support orders; eliminating the exemption and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations; providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children; amending K.S.A. 20-165, 23-2205, 23-3001 and 23-3002 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 602308 and 79-32,121 and repealing the existing sections. WHEREAS, The amendments made to the provisions of K.S.A. 233002 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-2308 by this act shall be known as the support compliance and accountability for responsible support act (SCARS). Now, therefore: Section 1. K.S.A. 20-165 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-165. (a) The supreme court shall adopt rules establishing guidelines for the amount of child support to be ordered in any action in this state including, but not limited to, K.S.A. 39-755 and K.S.A. 23-2215, and amendments thereto, article 30 of chapter 23 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 23-2711, and amendments thereto. (b) In adopting such rules, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited (2) the standards of living and circumstances of the parents; …