Section 23-36,105 – Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Kansas

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts 1 through 6 of this act and, as applicable, part 7 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:

(1) A foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of parts 1 through 6 of this act.
(c) Part 7 of this act applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part 7 of this act is inconsistent with parts 1 through 6 of this act, part 7 of this act controls.

K.S.A. 23-36,105

Added by L. 2015, ch. 64,ยง 5, eff. 7/1/2015.