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SB408: Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill updates Kansas laws about children in need of care and paternity. It also helps military families by providing services through a new referral process.

Who This Affects

Military personnel and their families living in Kansas are affected by this bill's provision for a referral process to access services that military family advocacy programs offer.

Key Provisions

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Timeline

Introduced

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Last Action

Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

Apr 8, 2026

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