Category Archives: Paternity

Paternity and Determination of Parentage

Kansas Family Law Code Legislative Amendments Effective July 1, 2014

The 2014 Kansas Legislature made some minor — and some major — changes to the Kansas Revised Family Law Code; all for the best. House Bill 2568 is a continuation of efforts by the Kansas Judicial Council to update, unify, and … Continue reading

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Kansas House Passes Amendments to Kansas Family Law Code

The House today passed amendments to the Kansas Family Law Code as proposed by the Kansas Judicial Council (after removing Section 3 of the bill), 123-0. The bill summary and history follows:  HB2568: Domestic Relations; Kansas Revised Family Law Code; … Continue reading

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Kansas House Judiciary Holds Hearing on Needed Changes to Kansas Family Law

HB2568: Domestic Relations; Kansas Revised Family Law Code; child support guidelines. This bill is a continuation of efforts by the Kansas Judicial Council to update and unify Kansas domestic relations statutes into the Kansas Revised Family Law Code. Among the … Continue reading

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Same-sex Parenting under the Uniform Parentage Act (1973)

The Kansas Court of Appeals today decided another same-sex parenting case. This time, the same-sex couple did not have a written co-parenting agreement similar to what existed in the recent Kansas Supreme Court case, Frazier v. Goudschaal (http://bit.ly/VB6C6P ) case. Instead, … Continue reading

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Parentage Determinations in Kansas

I.            How is the parent child relationship established in Kansas? K.S.A. 23-2207 (2011) provides that the parent-child relationship is established for a mother “by proof of her having given birth to the child[, in other ways provided in the Kansas … Continue reading

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