Chapter 23 — KANSAS FAMILY LAW CODE-REVISED

23-2215. Judgment or order; other authorized orders. (a) The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes, but if any person necessary to determine the existence of a father and chi…

23-2216. Costs. (a) Costs and attorney fees may be awarded to either party as justice and equity may require. Unless the attorney represents a public agency in an action, the court may order that the amount be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorn…

23-2217. History: L. 1985, ch. 114, § 14; L. 1985, ch. 115, § 40; L. 2001, ch. 195, § 6; L. 2012, ch. 162, § 35; Repealed, L. 2014, ch. 116, § 10; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 38-1123. Cross References to Related Sections: Expedited process for enforcement of support, see 20-164.…

23-2218. History: L. 1985, ch. 114, § 15; Repealed, L. 2014, ch. 116, § 10; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

23-2219. Counsel for parties; free transcript for indigent on appeal. (a) If the petitioner is not represented by counsel, the petitioner in an action to determine paternity may apply for services from: (1) The court trustee of the judicial district in which the action is brought…

23-2220. Action to determine mother and child relationship. Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of this act applicable to the father and child relationship a…

23-2221. Promise to render support. It shall be presumed that there is consideration for any written promise to furnish support for a child, growing out of a presumed or alleged father and child relationship. Such a promise shall be enforceable according to its terms, subject to …

23-2222. Paternity orders; birth certificates. (a) Upon receipt of a certified order from a court of this state or an authenticated order of a court of another state, the state registrar of vital statistics shall prepare a new birth registration consistent with the findings of th…

23-2223. Amendment of birth certificate to change name of parent or child; procedure. (a) Whenever the parents of a minor child desire that the child's birth certificate be amended to add the name of a parent, correct the name of either parent or of the child or change the child'…

23-2224. Court orders; interlocutory orders; ex parte, when; notice and hearing; temporary support. (a) The court, without requiring bond, may make and enforce orders that: (1) Restrain the parties from molesting or interfering with the privacy or rights of each other, including,…

23-2225. Change in child's residence; notice; effect; exception. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a parent granted rights pursuant to K.S.A. 23-2215(d), and amendments thereto, shall give written notice to the other parent who has been granted rights pursuant to K.S.A. 2…

23-2301. Artificial insemination; performance; consent. The technique of heterologous artificial insemination may be performed in this state at the request and with the consent in writing of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique for the purpose of concei…

23-2302. Same; child is natural child at law. Any child or children heretofore or hereafter born as the result of heterologous artificial insemination shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a naturally conceived child of the husband and wife so requesting and cons…

23-2303. Artificial insemination; consent executed and filed; file not open to public. The consent provided for in this act shall be executed and acknowledged by both the husband and wife and the person who is to perform the technique, and an original thereof may be filed under t…

23-2401. Title of act. This act may be cited as the "uniform premarital agreement act." History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 28-801. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "New Spousal Elective-Share Rights: Leveling the Playing Field," Timothy P. O'Sulliv…

23-2402. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Premarital agreement" means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective upon marriage; and (b) "property" means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or conting…

23-2403. Premarital agreement; writing required. A premarital agreement shall be in writing and signed by both parties. It is enforceable without consideration. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 3; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-803. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL G…

23-2404. Same; areas with respect to which parties may contract; right of child to support not to be adversely affected. (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to all of the following: (1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the pr…

23-2405. Same; effective, when. A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 5; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-805. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR…

23-2406. Same; amendment or revocation after marriage. After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement, signed by the parties. The amended agreement or the revocation is enforceable without consideration. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 6…

23-2407. Same; enforceability. (a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is sought proves either of the following: (1) That party did not execute the agreement voluntarily; or (2) the agreement was unconscionable when such agreement was e…

23-2408. Same; effect when marriage determined to be void. If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 8; July 1…

23-2409. Same; statute of limitations tolled during marriage; equitable defenses available. Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage of the parties to the agreement. However, equitab…

23-2410. Uniformity of act. This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting such act. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 10; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-810. Previous | N…

23-2411. Application of act. This act shall apply to premarital agreements executed on or after the effective date of this act. History: L. 1988, ch. 204, § 11; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-811. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LC…

23-2501. Nature of marriage relation. The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract between two parties who are of opposite sex. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void. The consent of the parties is e…

23-2502. Common-law marriage. The state of Kansas shall not recognize a common-law marriage contract if either party to the marriage contract is under 18 years of age. History: L. 2011, ch. 26, § 2; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-101(b). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING …

23-2503. Incestuous marriages void. All marriages between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of any degree, between brothers and sisters of the one half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and first cousins, ar…

23-2504. Solemnizing marriage; persons authorized to officiate. (a) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this state, after a license has been issued for the marriage, in the following manner: By the mutual declarations of the two parties to be joined in marriage, …

23-2505. Issuance of marriage license; form; waiting period; emergency; lawful age; consent, when; unlawful acts, penalty; duties of person issuing license; expiration of license. (a) The clerks of the district courts or judges thereof, when applied to for a marriage license by a…

23-2506. Designation of new legal name, procedure; certified copy of marriage license and certificate of marriage proof of identity. (a) At the time of marriage, a person may designate a new legal name, by which such person shall subsequently be known. Such name may include a com…

23-2507. Registration. All marriages occurring within the state shall be registered under the supervision of the secretary of health and environment as provided in K.S.A. 65-102. History: L. 1913, ch. 224, § 1; R.S. 1923, 23-105; L. 1980, ch. 106, § 2; July 1. Source or Prior Law…

23-2508. Validity of marriages contracted without state. All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the country in which the same were contracted, shall be valid in all courts and places in this state. It is the strong public policy of this s…

23-2509. Forms for licenses, issuance; photocopy to applicant; computer generated licenses. Forms for license shall be furnished by the secretary of health and environment and shall be photocopied and issued with the photocopy to the applicant therefor for delivery to the person …

23-2510. Marriage license fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; disposition. (a) The judge or clerk of the district court shall collect from the applicant for a marriage license a fee of $59. (b) The clerk of the court shall remit all fees prescribed by this section to t…

23-2511. Marriage certificate; submission of information to the vital statistics integrated information system. Every person who performs a marriage ceremony under the provisions of this act shall endorse the person's certificate of the marriage on the license, give the duplicate…

23-2512. Records of marriages; indexing; certified copies or abstracts. The secretary of health and environment shall index all records received pursuant to K.S.A. 23-2511, and amendments thereto, and, upon request, shall issue a certified copy or abstract of them which in all co…

23-2513. Penalty for not complying with statutory requirements. Any judge or clerk of the district court or person authorized by law to perform the marriage ceremony in this state who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea…

23-2514. Copy of licenses returned kept by court personnel. The judge or clerk of the district court shall keep a correct copy of all marriage licenses returned with the endorsement on the license by the person performing the marriage ceremony. History: L. 1867, ch. 84, § 6; G.S.…

23-2515. Proof of relationship of parties; penalty for granting license to parties not entitled without examination. In all cases, before granting a marriage license the judge or clerk of the district court shall require the applicant for such license to take and subscribe to an …

23-2516. Validation of certain marriages; performance of marriage by Baha'is assembly. (a) All marriages solemnized among the society called Friends, or Quakers, in the form previously practiced and in use in their meetings shall be good and valid and shall not be construed as af…

23-2517. Solemnizing marriage; persons not authorized; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person not a duly authorized officiating person as provided by K.S.A. 23-2504 to perform the marriage ceremony in this state. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deem…

23-2518. Records or copies as evidence. The books of record of marriage licenses issued, to be kept by the judges of the district court of the several counties, and copies of entries therein, certified by such judge under his or her official seal, shall be evidence in all courts.…

23-2601. Married persons; separate property; marital property. The property, real and personal, which any person in this state may own at the time of the person's marriage, and the rents, issues, profits or proceeds thereof, and any real, personal or mixed property which shall co…

23-2602. Conveyances and contracts concerning property. A married person, while the marriage relation subsists, may bargain, sell and convey his or her real and personal property and enter into any contract. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 62, § 2; R.S. 1923, 23-202; L. 1976, ch. 172, § …

23-2603. Sue and be sued. A person may, while married, sue and be sued in the same manner as if he or she were unmarried. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 62, § 3; R.S. 1923, 23-203; L. 1976, ch. 172, § 3; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 23-203. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Intersp…

23-2604. Married person may carry on trade or business; earnings. Any married person may carry on any trade or business, and perform any labor or services, on his or her sole and separate account; and the earnings of any married person from his or her trade, business, labor or se…

23-2605. Loss or impairment of services; right of action. Where, through the wrong of another, a married person shall sustain personal injuries causing the loss or impairment of his or her ability to perform services, the right of action to recover damages for such loss or impair…

23-2606. Rights of persons married out of state. Any person who shall have been married out of this state, shall, if the spouse afterward becomes a resident of this state, enjoy all the rights as to property which he or she may have acquired by the laws of any other state, territ…

23-2607. Marriage settlements or contracts. Nothing in this act contained shall invalidate any marriage settlement or contract now made or to be hereafter made. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 62, § 6; October 31; R.S. 1923, 23-207. Source or Prior Law: 23-207. Law Review and Bar Journal…