23-3101. Title and purpose of act; severability.
(a) K.S.A. 23-3101 through 23-3118 and 39-7,135, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the income withholding act.
(b) The purpose of the income withholding act is to enhance the enforcement of all support obligations by providing a quick and effective procedure for withholding income to enforce orders of support and to provide children access to health coverage under their parents' health benefit plans.
(c) If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
History: L. 1985, ch. 115, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 137, § 10; L. 1994, ch. 301, § 19; July 1.