23-9,301. Proceedings under act.
23-9,301
23-9,301. Proceedings under act.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, K.S.A. 23-9,301through 23-9,319 and amendments thereto apply to all proceedings under thisact.
(b) This act provides for the following proceedings:
(1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuantto K.S.A. 23-9,401 and amendments thereto;
(2) enforcement of a support order and income withholding order of anotherstate without registration pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,501 and 23-9,502 andamendments thereto;
(3) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of anotherstate for enforcement pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,601 through 23-9,612 andamendments thereto;
(4) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued bya tribunal of this state pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,203 through23-9,206 and amendments thereto;
(5) registration of an order for child support of another state formodification pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,601 through 23-9,612 and amendmentsthereto;
(6) determination of parentage pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,701 and amendmentsthereto; and
(7) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to K.S.A. 23-9,201and 23-9,202 and amendments thereto.
(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence aproceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiatingtribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or acomparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or canobtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
History: L. 1994, ch. 301, § 44;L. 1997, ch. 182, § 37; July 3.