Supervised visitation at the Shawnee County District Court

In Shawnee County, Legal custody, residency and parenting time. Kansas courts also use a parenting plan. cases go to the Shawnee County District Court (3rd Judicial District) (Domestic Relations).

How supervised visitation works here

• Kansas law gives a parent the right to reasonable parenting time unless the court finds it would seriously endanger the child's physical, mental, moral or emotional health (K.S.A. 23-3208).
• The court can order that exchanges or parenting time take place at a child exchange and visitation center (K.S.A. 23-3208), and domestic abuse is one of the factors the court weighs (K.S.A. 23-3203).
• Under the Shawnee County Family Law Guidelines, standard temporary custody orders allow reasonable parenting time and require both parents to attend the DivorceWorks Seminar, UptoParents.org, or another pre approved class within 4 weeks.
• Contested custody, residency or parenting time cases must go through mediation or conciliation before a hearing is set, and the guidelines name a Supervised Parenting Time Program as a referral option.

Where family cases are heard

• Shawnee County Courthouse (Clerk of the District Court): 200 SE 7th St, Suite 209, Topeka, KS 66603

Court programs and resources

• Supervised Parenting Time Program Named in the Family Law Guidelines as a court ordered referral option under K.S.A. 23-3210. Details not given.
• DivorceWorks Seminar / UptoParents.org Parenting class in standard temporary custody orders, or another class the court pre approves.

Forms and local rules

• Establishing Parenting Time, Kansas Judicial Council Statewide parenting time forms. Page could not be opened during research, so contents were not checked.
• Kansas Parenting Plan form Kansas Judicial Branch parenting plan form. Could not be opened during research.

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General information only, not legal advice. Laws change, and this information may be incomplete, out of date or wrong. Confirm it with a licensed attorney in your state before you rely on it.

Sources

• K.S.A. 23-3203, factors for legal custody, residency and parenting time (Kansas Revisor of Statutes)
• K.S.A. 23-3208, parenting time and child exchange and visitation centers (Justia)
• Custody of Children and Parenting Time, Kansas Legal Services
• Shawnee County Family Law Guidelines (2023)
• 3rd Judicial District, Kansas Courts