23-3101. Title and purpose of act; severability. (a) K.S.A. 23-3101 through 23-3118 and 39-7,135, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the income withholding act.
(b) The purpose of the income withholding act is to enhance the enforcement of all support obligations by providing a quick and effective procedure for withholding income to enforce orders of support and to provide children access to health coverage under their parents' health benefit plans.
(c) If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
History: L. 1985, ch. 115, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 137, § 10; L. 1994, ch. 301, § 19; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised
Article 31 - Enforcement Of Support Orders
23-3101 Title and purpose of act; severability.
23-3107 Modification or termination of withholding order, when; notice; medical withholding order.
23-3108 Improper withholding; refund or credit.
23-3109 Duty of obligee and public office to provide certain notices; records of support payments.
23-3111 Bond requirement when obligor self-employed or withholding otherwise impracticable.
23-3112 Act not limitation on other remedies.
23-3113 Forms and informational materials; system to monitor payments; subcontractors.
23-3115 Same; withholding order; issuance.
23-3116 Same; requirements of withholding order.
23-3117 Same; duties of payor with respect to withholding order.
23-3118 Same; failure to maintain coverage.
23-3119 Support enforcement proceeding; failure to comply; penalties.
23-3120 Child support enforcement; licensing bodies; professional license.
23-3121 Reporting of support arrearages to consumer credit reporting agencies.
23-3122 Lien upon vehicles, vessels, aircraft.
23-3123 Distribution of support payments; rules and regulations.
23-3124 Income withholding order; lump sum payment; attachment.
23-3125 Same; notice to obligor; hearing.
23-3126 Income withholding; unemployment insurance benefits.