{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-704","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 23-36,704","heading":"Initiation by department for children and families of support proceeding under convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this part, the department for children and families of this state shall:\n(1) Transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:\n(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under K.S.A. 23-36,708(b)(2), (4) or (9), and amendments thereto;\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.","path":["Chapter 23.—KANSAS FAMILY LAW CODE-REVISED","Article 36.—FAMILY SUPPORT JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch23/023_036_0704.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:22Z","sha256":"99e133cf8bfbb04f7a1436ebd1c5038983f0ce3b140b38ccacfce24adaa0b2f7","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-703","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-23-36-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}