SB 408

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; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; creating a referral process for cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers; requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations; amending the definition of child in need of care to exclude a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities; excluding a child engaging in independent activities from the crime of endangering a child; amending K.S.A. 23-2204, 23-2209, 23-2215, 23-3207, 38-2230, 38-2232, 38-2242, 38-2260 and 38-2271 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601, 38-2202 and 38-2243 and repealing the existing sections.