2006 Kansas Code - 38-1544

      38-1544.   Order for informal supervision; restraining orders. (a) At any time after filing a petition, but prior to an adjudication, the court may enter an order for continuance and informal supervision without an adjudication if no interested party objects. Upon granting the continuance, the court shall include in the order any conditions with which the interested parties are expected to comply and provide the parties with a copy of the order. The conditions may include appropriate dispositional alternatives authorized by K.S.A. 38-1563 and amendments thereto.

      (b)   An order for informal supervision may remain in force for a period of up to six months and may be extended, upon hearing, for an additional six-month period for a total of one year.

      (c)   The court after notice and hearing may revoke or modify the order with respect to a party upon a showing that the party, being subject to the order for informal supervision, has substantially failed to comply with the terms of the order, or that modification would be in the best interests of the child. Upon revocation, proceedings shall resume pursuant to this code.

      (d)   Parties to the order for informal supervision who successfully complete the terms and period of supervision shall not again be proceeded against in any court based solely upon the allegations in the original petition and the proceedings shall be dismissed.

      (e)   If the court issues an order for informal supervision pursuant to this section, the court may enter an order restraining any alleged perpetrator of physical, sexual, mental or emotional abuse of the child from residing in the child's home, visiting, contacting, harassing or intimidating the child, other family member or witness; or attempting to visit, contact, harass or intimidate the child, other family member or witness.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 182, § 37; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 25; L. 1994, ch. 301, § 84; L. 2000, ch. 150, § 11; June 1.