The Uniform Parentage Act requires courts to act in the best interests of the child when imposing legal obligations or conferring legal rights on the mother/child relationship and the father/child relationship.

The stated purpose of the Kansas Parentage Act is to ensure that the legal obligations, rights, privileges, duties, and obligations incident to the father and child relationship are carried out.

Under the Kansas Parentage Act, a child may bring an action to determine a father and child relationship arising from a statutory presumption of paternity. The Kansas Parentage Act permits retroactive awards of support normally prohibited in divorce cases.

Any interested party may bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship.