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      38-1564.   Rehearing. (a) After the entry of any dispositional order, the court may rehear the matter on its own motion or the motion of any interested party. Upon notice to all interested parties and after the rehearing, the court may enter any dispositional order authorized by this code, except that a child support order which has been registered under K.S.A. 38-1597 and amendments thereto may only be modified pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1597 and amendments thereto.

      (b)   Before entering an order placing the child in the custody of a person other than the child's parent, the court shall require notice of the time and place of the rehearing to be given to all the child's grandparents at their last known addresses or, if no grandparent is living or if no living grandparent's address is known, to the closest relative of each of the child's parents whose address is known. Such notice shall be given by restricted mail not less than 10 business days before the rehearing. The provisions of this subsection shall not require additional notice to any person otherwise receiving notice of the rehearing pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1536 and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 182, § 48; L. 1985, ch. 144, § 4; L. 1992, ch. 312, § 9; July 1.