2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 60 PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 16 DIVORCE AND MAINTENANCE
60-1627. Interspousal tort.

60-1627

Chapter 60.--PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 16.--DIVORCE AND MAINTENANCE

      60-1627.   Interspousal tort. (a) An action for interspousal tort shall not be consolidated with an action under K.S.A. 60-1601, et seq., and amendments thereto, unless the parties agree to consolidation and consolidation is approved by the court.

      (b)   A decree of divorce or separate maintenance granted under subsections (a)(1) or (3) of K.S.A. 60-1601, and amendments thereto, shall not preclude an action for interspousal tort.

      (c)   A decree of divorce or separate maintenance granted under subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 60-1601, and amendments thereto, shall preclude an action for interspousal tort based upon the same factual allegations. An action for interspousal tort which has been finally determined shall preclude an action under subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 60-1601, and amendments thereto, based upon the same factual allegations.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 171, § 29; July 1.

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