Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-607 (2026)

Domestic relations actions

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60-607. Domestic relations actions. (a) An action for divorce, annulment of marriage or separate maintenance may be brought in:

(1) The county in which the petitioner is an actual resident at the time of filing the petition;

(2) the county where the respondent resides or where service may be obtained; or

(3) if the petitioner is a resident of or stationed at a United States post or military reservation within the state at the time of filing the petition, any county adjacent to the post or reservation.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a spouse may have a residence separate and apart from the residence of the other spouse.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-607; L. 1983, ch. 196, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1979–2005 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of Powell, 766 P.2d 827 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988).

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In Re the Marriage of Powell, 766 P.2d 827 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988). “K.S.A. 60-607. Michael was served by the Graham County Sheriff in this Trego County case.”

Nixon v. Nixon, 596 P.2d 1238 (Kan. 1979). “” K.S.A. 60-607 provides that: “An action for divorce .”

In re the Marriage of Yount, 122 P.3d 1175 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “Rather, questions of venue in postjudgment actions are controlled by K.S.A. 60-607 and K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 60-609, which govern-venue and change of venue, respectively, in domestic relations actions.”

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