{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-307","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 23-36,307","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act.\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(1) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirects payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to K.S.A. 23-36,319, and amendments thereto.\n(f) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["Chapter 23.—KANSAS FAMILY LAW CODE-REVISED","Article 36.—FAMILY SUPPORT JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch23/023_036_0307.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:21Z","sha256":"5e4ed28e5b4be5747b463fbd28e0ac6479168627bbb7d01e6bf9573ea96da50a","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-306","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}