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Kansas financial forms for family court

Kansas uses two statewide affidavits: the Domestic Relations Affidavit for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance and support motions, and the Child Support Domestic Relations Affidavit for paternity and child support cases.

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The forms

  • Appendix III

    Domestic Relations Affidavit

    • Income
    • Expenses
    • Property and assets
    • Debts

    When it’s used: Divorce, annulment, separate maintenance (all parties) and support motions.

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  • Appendix IV

    Child Support Domestic Relations Affidavit

    • Income
    • Expenses
    • Property and assets
    • Debts

    When it’s used: Paternity actions, child support actions, post-judgment motions to establish or modify child support.

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Filed with the court, or given to the other side?

Filed with the court. With support motions and responses it is filed and served, and in contested cases it is also exchanged before trial.

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What it uses
Kansas has two statewide affidavits set in the appendices of the Kansas Child Support Guidelines (Admin. Order 2025-RL-121): the Domestic Relations Affidavit (Appendix III) for divorce, annulment and separate maintenance and for support motions, and the Child Support Domestic Relations Affidavit (Appendix IV) for paternity, child-support actions and post-judgment child-support motions.
Which form, when
By case type: Kan. S. Ct. R. 139(a) requires every party in a divorce, annulment or separate maintenance case to file a domestic relations affidavit 'on the form set forth in the appendix of the Kansas Child Support Guidelines'; Appendix IV states it is 'To be used for Paternity Actions, Child Support Actions, and Post-Judgment Motions to Establish or Modify Child Support'; Guidelines Sec. I.D requires a DRA (App. III) or CS-DRA (App. IV) whenever child support is requested or opposed.
Filed or exchanged
Filed: Rule 139(a) 'must prepare and file' (and exchange before trial in contested cases); Rule 139(b), (e), (f) require filing and service with support motions and responses; Guidelines Sec. I.D 'must file'.

This is general information, not legal advice. Forms change, so check with the court before you file.

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