Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2651 - Authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact, specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact and providing for recovery of actual damages in exceptional circumstances.
AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to acknowledgment and claims of paternity; authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact; specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact; {providing for recovery of actual damages in exceptional circumstances;} amending K.S.A. 23-2204 and 23-2209 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 |