Kansas Statutes 23-36,301. Proceedings under act
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 23-36,301
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 23-36,301 through 23-36,319, and amendments thereto, apply to all proceedings under this act.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.