2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 59 PROBATE CODE
Article 21 ADOPTION
59-2117. Same; execution and acknowledgment outside of state, in foreign country or by person in military service.
59-2117
59-2117. Same; execution and acknowledgment outside of state, in foreign country or by person in military service. (a) A consent or relinquishment executed and acknowledged outside of this state, either in accordance with the law of this state or in accordance with the law of the place where executed, is valid.
(b) Where a consent or relinquishment is signed in a foreign country, the execution of the consent or relinquishment shall be acknowledged or affirmed in accordance with the law and procedure of the foreign country.
(c) If the person signing a consent or relinquishment is in the military service of the United States, the execution of the consent or relinquishment may be acknowledged before a commissioned officer and the signature of the officer shall be verified or acknowledged before a notary public or by such other procedure as is then in effect for such division or branch of the armed forces.
History: L. 1990, ch. 145, § 7; July 1.
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