Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 23-3208

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(a) Parents. A parent is entitled to reasonable parenting time unless the court finds, after a hearing, that the exercise of parenting time would seriously endanger the child’s physical, mental, moral or emotional health.

(b) Enforcement of rights. An order granting parenting time under this article may be enforced in accordance with the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, or Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 23-3401, and amendments thereto.

(c) Court-ordered exchange or parenting time at a child exchange and visitation center. The court may order exchange or parenting time to take place at a child exchange and visitation center, as established in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-720, and amendments thereto.