{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2117","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 59-2117","heading":"Execution and acknowledgment of consent or relinquishment outside of state, in foreign country or by person in military service.","body":"(a) A consent or relinquishment, or document that is the functional equivalent of a Kansas consent or relinquishment, is valid if executed and acknowledged outside of this state or in a foreign country either in accordance with the law of this state or in accordance with the law of the place where executed.\n(b) If the person signing a consent or relinquishment is in the military service of the United States, the execution of the consent or relinquishment may be acknowledged before a commissioned officer and the signature of the officer shall be verified or acknowledged before a notary public or by such other procedure as is then in effect for such division or branch of the armed forces.","path":["Chapter 59.—PROBATE CODE","Article 21.—ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_021_0017.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:21:11Z","sha256":"f092e10fda769f0f8f1dbac05113fc7b61e214a97643d0427865f36b0c86f3fe","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2116","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-59-2118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}