60-1615.Information relating to custody orresidencyof children; visitation or parenting time with children.(a) Investigation and report. In any proceedingin which legal custody, residency, visitation rightsor parenting time are contested, thecourt may order an investigation and report concerning the appropriate legalcustody, residency, visitationrights and parenting time to be granted to the parties. The investigationand report may be made by court servicesofficers or any consenting person or agency employed by the court for thatpurpose.The court may use the department of social and rehabilitation services tomake the investigation and report if no other source is available for thatpurpose. The costs for making the investigation and report may be assessedas court costs in the case as provided in article 20 of chapter 60 of theKansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(b) Consultation. In preparing the report concerning a child, theinvestigator may consult any person who may have information about the childand the potential legal custodial arrangements. Upon order of the court,theinvestigatormay refer the child to other professionalsfor diagnosis. The investigatormay consult with and obtain information from medical, psychiatric or otherexpert persons who have served the child in the past. If the requirementsof subsection (c) are fulfilled, the investigator's report may be receivedin evidence at the hearing.
(c) Use of report and investigator's testimony. The court shallmakethe investigator's report available prior to the hearing to counsel or toany party not represented by counsel. Upon motion of either party, thereport may be made available to a party represented by counsel, unless thecourt finds that such distribution would be harmful to either party, the childor other witnesses. Any party to the proceeding may callthe investigator and any person whom the investigator has consulted forcross-examination.In consideration of the mental health or best interests of the child, thecourt may approve a stipulation that the interview records not be divulgedto the parties.
History: L. 1982, ch. 152, § 14; L. 1983, ch. 199, § 3;L. 2000, ch. 171, § 18; July 1.
60-1615.Information relating to custody orresidencyof children; visitation or parenting time with children.(a) Investigation and report. In any proceedingin which legal custody, residency, visitation rightsor parenting time are contested, thecourt may order an investigation and report concerning the appropriate legalcustody, residency, visitationrights and parenting time to be granted to the parties. The investigationand report may be made by court servicesofficers or any consenting person or agency employed by the court for thatpurpose.The court may use the department of social and rehabilitation services tomake the investigation and report if no other source is available for thatpurpose. The costs for making the investigation and report may be assessedas court costs in the case as provided in article 20 of chapter 60 of theKansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(b) Consultation. In preparing the report concerning a child, theinvestigator may consult any person who may have information about the childand the potential legal custodial arrangements. Upon order of the court,theinvestigatormay refer the child to other professionalsfor diagnosis. The investigatormay consult with and obtain information from medical, psychiatric or otherexpert persons who have served the child in the past. If the requirementsof subsection (c) are fulfilled, the investigator's report may be receivedin evidence at the hearing.
(c) Use of report and investigator's testimony. The court shallmakethe investigator's report available prior to the hearing to counsel or toany party not represented by counsel. Upon motion of either party, thereport may be made available to a party represented by counsel, unless thecourt finds that such distribution would be harmful to either party, the childor other witnesses. Any party to the proceeding may callthe investigator and any person whom the investigator has consulted forcross-examination.In consideration of the mental health or best interests of the child, thecourt may approve a stipulation that the interview records not be divulgedto the parties.
History: L. 1982, ch. 152, § 14; L. 1983, ch. 199, § 3;L. 2000, ch. 171, § 18; July 1.
60-1615.Information relating to custody orresidencyof children; visitation or parenting time with children.(a) Investigation and report. In any proceedingin which legal custody, residency, visitation rightsor parenting time are contested, thecourt may order an investigation and report concerning the appropriate legalcustody, residency, visitationrights and parenting time to be granted to the parties. The investigationand report may be made by court servicesofficers or any consenting person or agency employed by the court for thatpurpose.The court may use the department of social and rehabilitation services tomake the investigation and report if no other source is available for thatpurpose. The costs for making the investigation and report may be assessedas court costs in the case as provided in article 20 of chapter 60 of theKansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(b) Consultation. In preparing the report concerning a child, theinvestigator may consult any person who may have information about the childand the potential legal custodial arrangements. Upon order of the court,theinvestigatormay refer the child to other professionalsfor diagnosis. The investigatormay consult with and obtain information from medical, psychiatric or otherexpert persons who have served the child in the past. If the requirementsof subsection (c) are fulfilled, the investigator's report may be receivedin evidence at the hearing.
(c) Use of report and investigator's testimony. The court shallmakethe investigator's report available prior to the hearing to counsel or toany party not represented by counsel. Upon motion of either party, thereport may be made available to a party represented by counsel, unless thecourt finds that such distribution would be harmful to either party, the childor other witnesses. Any party to the proceeding may callthe investigator and any person whom the investigator has consulted forcross-examination.In consideration of the mental health or best interests of the child, thecourt may approve a stipulation that the interview records not be divulgedto the parties.
History: L. 1982, ch. 152, § 14; L. 1983, ch. 199, § 3;L. 2000, ch. 171, § 18; July 1.
