AsAmended by House Committee Session of 2025 SENATE BILLNo.BILL No.

135 By Committee on Judiciary 1-30 AN ACTA concerningCTconcerning certain protection orders;

providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act;

60-60-3107 3107 and repealing the existing section.section.om abuse Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SB(6) Ordering 135—Am.support payments by a party for the support of a party's minor child, if the party is the father or mother of the child, or the plaintiff, if the plaintiff is married to the defendant.

by HC 2 (6) Ordering support payments by a party for the support of a party's minor child, if the party is the father or mother of the child, or the plaintiff, if the plaintiff is married to the defendant.

and (3) theSENATE issuingBILL courtNo. made specific findings of abuse against both the plaintiff and the defendant and determined that both parties acted primarily as aggressors and neither party acted primarily in self-defense.

135—page 2 (3) the issuing court made specific findings of abuse against both the plaintiff and the defendant and determined that both parties acted primarily as aggressors and neither party acted primarily in self- defense.

38-110138- et seq., and amendments thereto.

23-3201 through 23-3207 and 23-321823- and article 27 of chapter 23 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and on sworn testimony to support a showing of good cause.

23-3201 through 23-3207 or 23-3218 or article 22 or 27 of chapter 23 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, during the pendency of a proceeding filed under the protection SBfrom 135—Am.abuse act or while an order issued under the protection from abuse act is in effect, the court, on final hearing or on agreement of the parties, may issue final orders authorized by K.S.A.

by HC 3 from abuse act or while an order issued under the protection from abuse act is in effect, the court, on final hearing or on agreement of the parties, may issue final orders authorized by K.S.A.

(C) For purposes of this paragraph, immediate and present dangerSENATE ofBILL abuseNo. to the plaintiff or minor children shall constitute good cause.

(4)135—page (A)3 Anydanger legal custody or parenting time order, or order relating to the best interests of aabuse child, issued pursuant to the revisedplaintiff Kansasor codeminor for care of children or the revised Kansas juvenile justice code, shall beconstitute bindinggood andcause. shall take precedence over any such custody or parenting order involving the same child issued under the protection from abuse act, until jurisdiction under the revised Kansas code for care of children or the revised Kansas juvenile justice code is terminated.

(B) Any(4) inconsistent(A) Any legal custody or parenting time order, or order relating to the best interests of a child, issued inpursuant to the SBrevised 135—Am.Kansas code for care of children or the revised Kansas juvenile justice code, shall be binding and shall take precedence over any such custody or parenting order involving the same child issued under the protection from abuse act, until jurisdiction under the revised Kansas code for care of children or the revised Kansas juvenile justice code is terminated.

by(B) Any HCinconsistent 4legal custody or parenting order issued in the revised Kansas code for care of children case or the revised Kansas juvenile justice code case shall be specific in its terms, reference any preexisting protection from abuse order and the custody being modified, and a copy of such order shall be filed in the preexisting protection from abuse case.

21-5413(a), and amendments thereto, domestic battery as defined in SBK.S.A. 135—Am.

by HC 5 K.S.A.

21-5924,21- 5924, and amendments thereto.

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135—page 4 Sec.

I hereby certify that the above ILLoriginated in the SENATE, and passed that body __________________________ SENATE concurred in H OUSE amendments _______________________ _________________________ President of the Senate.

_________________________ Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the H OUSE as amended _________________________ _________________________ Speaker of the House.

_________________________ Chief Clerk of the House.

A PPROVED _____________________________ _________________________ Governor.