21-3602. Incest.

21-3602

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT Article 36.--CRIMES AFFECTING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND CHILDREN

      21-3602.   Incest.Incest is marriage to or engaging in otherwise lawful sexualintercourse or sodomy, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3501 and amendmentsthereto, with a person who is 18 or more years of age and who isknown to the offender to be related to the offenderas any of the following biological relatives: parent, child, grandparentof any degree, grandchild of any degree, brother, sister, half-brother,half-sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

      Incest is a severity level 10, person felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3602; L. 1983, ch. 109, § 11;L. 1984, ch. 118, § 3;L. 1992, ch. 298, § 33;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 55; July 1.