(1) wife’s $500 monthly adoption subsidy from the State could not be included as part of her income for child support purposes; (2) adoption subsidy is in no sense attributable to the adoptive parent for child support purposes, and instead, adoption subsidy is income attributable to the adopted child; and (3) adoption subsidy can not be considered in the income attributable to the custodial parent for the purpose of calculating child support.
http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/Opinions/CtApp/2014/20140214/109771.pdf
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