23-36,602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-36,706, and amendments thereto, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:
(1) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;
(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;
(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:
(A) The obligor's address and social security number;
(B) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and
(C) a description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution; and
(5) except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-36,312, and amendments thereto, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
(d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
(1) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
History: L. 1994, ch. 301, § 67; L. 2015, ch. 64, § 43; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised
Article 36 - Family Support Jurisdiction
23-3601 International reciprocity for enforcement of support orders.
23-36,103 State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
23-36,104 Remedies cumulative.
23-36,105 Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
23-36,201 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
23-36,202 Duration of personal jurisdiction.
23-36,203 Initiating and responding tribunal of state.
23-36,204 Simultaneous proceedings.
23-36,205 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
23-36,206 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
23-36,207 Determination of controlling child support order.
23-36,208 Child support orders for two or more obligees.
23-36,209 Credit for payments.
23-36,210 Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
23-36,211 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
23-36,301 Proceedings under act.
23-36,302 Action by minor parent.
23-36,303 Application of law of state.
23-36,304 Duties of initiating tribunal.
23-36,305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
23-36,306 Inappropriate tribunal.
23-36,307 Duties of support enforcement agency.
23-36,308 Duties of attorney general.
23-36,310 Duties of state information agency.
23-36,311 Pleadings and accompanying documents.
23-36,312 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
23-36,314 Limited immunity of petitioner.
23-36,315 Nonparentage as defense.
23-36,316 Special rules of evidence and procedure.
23-36,317 Communications between tribunals.
23-36,318 Assistance with discovery.
23-36,319 Receipt and disbursement of payments.
23-36,401 Establishment of support order.
23-36,402 Proceeding to determine parentage.
23-36,501 Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state.
23-36,502 Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state.
23-36,503 Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders.
23-36,504 Immunity from civil liability.
23-36,505 Penalties for noncompliance.
23-36,507 Administrative enforcement of orders.
23-36,601 Registration of order for enforcement.
23-36,602 Procedure to register order for enforcement.
23-36,603 Effect of registration for enforcement.
23-36,605 Notice of registration of order.
23-36,606 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.
23-36,607 Contest of registration or enforcement.
23-36,609 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
23-36,610 Effect of registration for modification.
23-36,611 Modification of child support order of another state.
23-36,612 Recognition of order modified in another state.
23-36,614 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
23-36,615 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.
23-36,616 Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification.
23-36,703 Relationship of department for children and families to United States central authority.
23-36,704 Initiation by department for children and families of support proceeding under convention.
23-36,706 Registration of convention support order.
23-36,707 Contest of registered convention support order.
23-36,708 Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
23-36,709 Partial enforcement.
23-36,710 Foreign support order.
23-36,711 Modification of convention child support order.
23-36,712 Personal information; limit on use.
23-36,713 Record in original language; English translation.
23-36,801 Grounds for rendition.
23-36,802 Conditions of rendition.
23-36,901 Uniformity of application and construction.