Amending the uniform nonparent visitation act to modify the evidentiary standard for awarding visitation to a nonparent.

Summary

HB 2356 rewrites Kansas' Uniform Nonparent Visitation Act, creating a presumption that a parent's denial of visitation is in the child's best interest. A nonparent must now rebut that presumption with clear and convincing evidence that they meet specific caretaker or relationship criteria. The measure failed to advance and died in committee.

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