§ 23-2201 Title and application of act
§ 23-2202 Definitions
§ 23-2203 Hospital based program for voluntary acknowledgment of paternity
§ 23-2204 Acknowledgment of paternity forms
§ 23-2205 Parent and child relationship defined
§ 23-2206 Relationship not dependent on marriage
§ 23-2207 How parent and child relationship is established
§ 23-2208 Presumption of paternity
§ 23-2209 Determination of father and child relationship; who may bring action; when action may be brought; revocation of acknowledgment
§ 23-2210 Jurisdiction; venue; precedence of certain other orders
§ 23-2211 Parties
§ 23-2212 Genetic tests to determine paternity; order of court; refusal to submit to tests; expert witnesses
§ 23-2213 Evidence
§ 23-2214 Civil action; trial to court
§ 23-2215 Judgment or order; other authorized orders
§ 23-2216 Costs
§ 23-2219 Counsel for parties; free transcript for indigent on appeal
§ 23-2220 Action to determine mother and child relationship
§ 23-2221 Promise to render support
§ 23-2222 Paternity orders; birth certificates
§ 23-2223 Amendment of birth certificate to change name of parent or child; procedure
§ 23-2224 Court orders; interlocutory orders; ex parte, when; notice and hearing; temporary support
§ 23-2225 Change in child’s residence; notice; effect; exception

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 23 > Article 22 - Parentage Act

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: means an individual or a nonprofit corporation certified in accordance with Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Minor: means any person defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • parent and child relationship: means the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's biological or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties and obligations. See Kansas Statutes 23-2205
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.