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Kansas Senate committee advances bill adding pregnancy expenses to child support standard; amendment adds tax exemption for unborn children
Summary
A Senate committee reported House Bill 2062 favorably after debate over adding pregnancy-related expenses to court factors for child support. Lawmakers debated amendments on fetal personhood and a newly adopted tax exemption for unborn children; some members raised fiscal and policy concerns.
House Bill 2062, a measure to add direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother to the list of factors courts must consider in child support orders, was reported favorably out of the Senate Committee of the Whole on a voice vote Wednesday.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Warren, the senator from Johnson, said the measure adds a tenth factor for courts to weigh and clarifies that a court may consider direct pregnancy-related expenses — for example, lost wages from bed rest or maternity-related costs — when setting support. “It’s only about child support,” Warren said in response to questions from colleagues.
Supporters said the change simply gives courts another factor already familiar to judges in support proceedings. Warren told the panel that courts are accustomed to weighing numerous factors — including…
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