Permission to publish this statute on the Internet was granted to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation by the Office of Revisor of Statutes for the State of Kansas

Kansas Statute # 31-1312

Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree 


                A custody decree rendered by a court of
          this state which had jurisdiction under K.S.A.
          38-1303 binds all parties who have been served in
          this state or notified in accordance with K.S.A.
          38-1305 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction
          of the court, and who have been given an
          opportunity to be heard. As to these parties the
          custody decree is conclusive as to all issues of
          law and fact decided and as to the custody
          determination made unless and until that
          determination is modified pursuant to law,
          including the provisions of this act.
Permission to publish these statutes on the Internet was granted to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation by the Office of Revisor of Statutes for the State of Kansas

Return to previous page