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Lawmakers hear testimony on expanding grounds to challenge voluntary paternity acknowledgments
Summary
House Bill 26 51 would allow challenges to voluntary acknowledgments of paternity for fraud, duress or material mistake of fact at any time and explicitly treat genetic tests as material mistakes; proponents included fathers who say they were wrongly held to support non‑biological children and DCF provided neutral concerns about retroactivity.
Jason Thompson, office of reviser of statutes, briefed House Bill 26 51, explaining the bill would amend the Kansas Parentage Act (KSA 23-2204) to authorize challenges to voluntary acknowledgments of paternity after the ordinary 60‑day window in cases of fraud, duress or material mistake of fact and to treat genetic testing results as a material mistake of fact that may extend the challenge period.
Representative Tom Kessler and several private citizens recounted personal cases.…
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