38-315. Unlawful placing or receiving of child from another state; penalty. - Kansas Statutes

38-315

Chapter 38.--MINORS Article 3.--DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN

      38-315.   Unlawful placing or receiving of child from another state;penalty.No association which is incorporated under the laws of any other statethan the state of Kansas shall place any child in any family home withinthe boundaries of the state of Kansas, either with or without indenture orfor adoption, unless the said association shall have furnished the board ofadministration with such guaranty as they may require that no child will bebrought into the state of Kansas by such society or its agents having anycontagious or incurable disease, or having any deformity, or being offeeble mind or vicious character, and that said association will receiveand remove from the state any child brought into the state of Kansas by itsagent which shall become a public charge within the period of five yearsafter being brought into the state. Any person who shall receive to beplaced in a home, or shall place in a home, any child in behalf of anyassociation incorporated in any other state than the state of Kansas whichshall not have complied with the requirements of this act shall beimprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or fined not lessthan five dollars or more than one hundred dollars, or both, in thediscretion of the court.

      History:   L. 1901, ch. 106, § 15; March 15; R.S. 1923, 38-315.