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Kansas Property Distribution Laws

In Kansas divorce, the Court may divide all property including gifts and inheritances, property owned before the marriage, property acquired in a spouse's own right during the marriage, and property acquired by the spouse's joint efforts.

In dividing the property in a Kansas divorce, the Court will consider the following factors:

• the length of the marriage;

• the age and health of the spouses;

• how and by whom the property was acquired;

• the conduct of the spouses during the marriage as it relates to the disposition of their property;

• the present and future earning capacity of the spouses;

• family ties and obligations;

• any dissipation of assets by a spouse; the tax consequences of property distribution;

• any other factor necessary to do equity and justice between the spouses;

• the property owned by the parties; and

• the allowance of maintenance or not.

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