KANSAS
Hello. I have a 15 year old daughter who, until today, has not seen her father for 7 years. In September of 2000 he brought our daugther home from his weekend visitation and never returned or called again. Since that time my daughter suffered many emotional and behavioral problems. A year ago things had gotten so bad that she was failing all her classes and getting in trouble with the law. I was ready to send her to a Ranch for troubled teens. My brother stepped in and offered to take her to live with him a couple of hours away. We discussed it and I decided that it would be the best thing for my daughter. So, I signed a Temporary Guardianship form allowing my brother to put my daughter on his insurance, enroll her in school and handle any medical emergencies that arrise. At the time, it had been 6 years since we had seen or heard from my ex husband and I had no idea how to contact him since he had moved a few years before. He was also over $4000 in arears on his child support.
A couple of weeks ago, my daughter contacted her fathers Grandparents and got ahold of her fathers phone number. She called him and he said he wanted to see her. However, he would not speak to me or some to our home to get her. He told her it was my fault he had not seen her for the past 7 years. My brother stepped in and discussed the situation with my ex-husband. He explained the living situation and that my daughter was now an A - B student with good solid friends and happier than she had been for a long time. My brother also explained that WHEN my ex DID pay his child support, I sent it directly to my brother in order for him to buy my daughter clothes, shoes, put money on her lunch card, or anything else she needed. My ex was livid. He said that since we had joint custody he should of been notified. Now he is trying to make all sorts of demands on how he will visit his daughter and how he will have no contact with me.
My questions are this:
1. What is the Kansas law on Abandonment by a parent?
2. What are the rights of that parent if they decide to come back into the childs life?
3. Can I stop that parent from having any visitation at all?
4. Is there anything that parent can do about me giving my brother temporary guardianship?
I would really like to know. He is already insinuating that he is going to try to have his child support stopped, asking for copies of the Guardianship papers, which I have refused to allow so far. Please, some legal advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

