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Committee hears bill to clarify how Protection from Abuse orders affect child-related orders
Summary
Senate Bill 135 would clarify how Protection from Abuse orders interact with prior child-related custody, parenting time, residency and guardianship orders, the reviser and witnesses told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senate Bill 135, which would amend procedure in the Protection from Abuse Act, was presented today to the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee. The reviser told the committee the bill clarifies that orders affecting legal custody, parenting time and residency — and comparable orders under the Kansas Code for Care of Children, the Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code or guardianship proceedings — take precedence over or may be modified by Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings in specified circumstances.
Miss Scott, an attorney in the reviser’s office, briefed the committee that SB 135 amends KSA 60 31 0 7 (the procedure statute in the Protection from Abuse Act). The brief states the bill clarifies existing language about when a PFA order may modify prior orders and preserves a ‘‘good cause’’ standard for…
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