Selected Kansas Juvenile Statutes

Kansas Statutes are available in their entirety from the AccessKansas . The following is a listing of selected juvenile law cites. For further information as to the application of these statutes to a specific set of facts, please contact your attorney.

There are 84 chapters of "Kansas Statutes Annotated" (K.S.A.), divided into 7 volumes. Most statutes involving juveniles (or "minors") are found in Volume 3, Chapter 38. After the chapter number, the statute then has an article number and then statute number. For example, the Child in Need of Care (CINC) code is in article 15 of chapter 38. So a CINC statute might be cited as "K.S.A. 38-1534."

Juvenile Statutes Directory

• Chapter 38, Article 1: General Provisions
• Chapter 38, Article 6: Child Labor
• Chapter 38, Article 10: Interstate Compact on Juveniles
• Chapter 38, Article 11: Determination of Parentage
• Chapter 38, Article 12: Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
• Chapter 38, Article 13: Child Custody Jurisdiction
• Chapter 38, Article 15: Kansas Code for Care of Children (CINC)
• Chapter 38, Article 16: Kansas Juvenile Offender Code
• Chapter 38, Article 17: Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
• Chapter 72, Article 9: Schools; Special Education
• Chapter 72, Article 11: Schools; School Attendance

General Juvenile Law
Chapter 38, Article 1

1. K.S.A. 38-101. Period of minority.
2. K.S.A. 38-108. District court may confer rights of majority. [Emancipation]
3. K.S.A. 38-109. Petition for rights of majority. [Emancipation procedures]
4. K.S.A. 38-120. Recovery from parents for malicious or willful acts by certain children; limitations.

Child Labor
Chapter 38, Article 6

1. K.S.A. 38-601. Children under 14, employment.
2. K.S.A. 38-602. Children under 18, employment.
3. K.S.A. 38-603. Children under 16, employment.
4. K.S.A. 38-614. Services and employment not considered "employment."

Child in Need of Care
Chapter 38, Article 15

1. K.S.A. 38-1502. Definitions.
2. K.S.A. 38-1524. Reports of abuse; duties of agencies.
3. K.S.A. 38-1527. Child under 18, when law enforcement officers may take into custody.
4. K.S.A. 38-1563. Authorized dispositions.

Juvenile Offender Code
Chapter 38, Article 16

1. K.S.A. 38-1602. Definitions.
2. K.S.A. 38-1606. Right to an attorney.
3. K.S.A. 38-1607. Court records.
4. K.S.A. 38-1608. Records of law enforcement.
5. K.S.A. 38-1609. Treatment records.
6. K.S.A. 38-1610. Expungement of records.
7. K.S.A. 38-1624. Juvenile taken into custody; procedures.
8. K.S.A. 38-1636. Prosecution as an adult.
9. K.S.A. 38-1663. Authorized dispositions.

Compulsory Attendance (Truancy)
Chapter 72, Articles 9 (special education) and 11 (regular education)

1. K.S.A. 72-977. Special education.
2. K.S.A. 72-1111. Compulsory school attendance; exemptions.
3. K.S.A. 72-1113. Noncompliance; truancy procedures.