21-3422a. Aggravated interference with parental custody.
21-3422a
21-3422a. Aggravated interference with parentalcustody.(a) Aggravated interference with parental custody is:
(1) Hiring someone to commit the crime of interference withparental custody, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3422 and amendments thereto; or
(2) the commission of interference with parental custody, asdefined by K.S.A. 21-3422 and amendments thereto, by a person who:
(A) Has previously been convictedof the crime;
(B) commits the crime for hire;
(C) takes the child outside thestate without the consent of either the person having custody or the court;
(D) after lawfully taking thechild outside the state while exercising visitation rights or parentingtime,refuses to return the child at the expiration of thattime;
(E) at the expiration ofthe exercise of any visitation rights orparenting timeoutside the state, refuses to return or impedes thereturn of the child; or
(F) detains or conceals the child in an unknown place, whetherinsideor outside the state.
(b) Aggravated interference with parental custody is a severity level 7,person felony.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to theKansas criminal code.
History: L. 1978, ch. 121, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 117, § 1;L. 1986, ch. 119, § 2;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 61;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 36;L. 2000, ch. 171, § 4; July 1.