§ 60-3101 Citation and construction of act
§ 60-3102 Definitions
§ 60-3103 Jurisdiction
§ 60-3104 Commencement of proceedings; persons seeking relief on behalf of minor child; forms; no docket fee; confidentiality of certain matters, exceptions
§ 60-3105 Emergency relief
§ 60-3106 Hearings; temporary orders pending hearing, modification
§ 60-3107 Protection from abuse orders; procedure; modifications; inconsistent orders; limitations on time of extension of orders; violation of orders; criminal violations and penalties
§ 60-3108 Notice of protection orders
§ 60-3109 Procedure
§ 60-3110 Contempt
§ 60-3112 Entering protection orders into the national criminal information center protection order file

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 60 > Article 31 - Protection From Abuse Act

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.