TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court appointed three people to the Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee and reappointed four others.

The 13-member Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee includes parents who either pay or receive child support and attorneys, judges, and tax professionals with expertise in child support.

Ryan Brady of Hutchinson was appointed to a four-year term ending June 30, 2022. He is a parent representative.

The group reviews the general rules governing how child support is established, evaluates the economic basis of the guidelines, analyzes how courts may use adjustments to tailor child support obligations to meet the needs of families, identifies whether updates to the Kansas Child Support Guidelines are needed and makes those recommendations to the Kansas Supreme Court.

The child support guidelines are reviewed every four years to ensure that the roughly $35 million mothers and fathers pay in support each month is equitable for the parents and appropriate for the day-to-day essential needs of the children they support.