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Kansas House Judiciary Committee hears bill clarifying precedence of child-related orders, adds guardianship to protection-from-abuse statute
Summary
A March 4 House Judiciary Committee hearing on Senate Bill 135 focused on clarifying which child-related orders take precedence over protection-from-abuse orders and on adding guardianship proceedings to the statute; proponents said the changes aim to reduce confusion for survivors and self-represented litigants.
The House Committee on Judiciary held a hearing March 4 on Senate Bill 135, a bill that clarifies which child-related orders take precedence over orders issued under the Protection from Abuse Act and adds guardianship proceedings to the list of matters covered.
The bill would amend KSA 60-3107 to state explicitly that orders related to legal custody, parenting time, and other determinations of a child’s best interest — including orders issued under the revised code for the care of children and the revised juvenile justice code — take precedence over similar orders issued under the Protection from Abuse Act. The bill also allows protection-from-abuse orders to modify certain interlocutory family-law orders on sworn testimony showing…
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