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Ronald W. Nelson PA
~ A Family Law
Practice ~
attorneys at law
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ATTORNEYS AND STAFF
RONALD W. NELSON PA is a Kansas
law firm focusing its practice on handling complex marital and non-marital
domestic relations disputes, including separation and divorce, determination
of parentage and associated issues (child custody, parenting time, spousal
and child support) as well as the representation of parents in international
and interstate child abduction and jurisdictional disputes. Trained in
Collaborative Family law, the attorneys at Ronald W. Nelson PA are Fellows of
the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Licensed
to practice law only in the State of Kansas
ATTORNEYS:
Ronald W. Nelson, Attorney/Principal
PARALEGALS/LEGAL
ASSISTANTS
Betsy Nelson
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Ronald W. Nelson, born at Salina, Kansas,
July 12, 1956. (See full curriculum vitae)
 Ronald W. Nelson is the principal of Ronald W Nelson
PA, which has its offices in Lenexa,
Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1978 (B.S.
Political Science, minor in Biology) and from Washburn University School of Law in 1981
(J.D., with honors). He began practicing law in 1981 with the law firm of
Alder, Nelson & McKenna. He opened his own law practice in 1987 and
associated with various other attorneys before establishing the current firm.
Mr. Nelson is recognized
throughout Kansas and the United States as an expert in
family law. He regularly writes articles for regional and national legal
publications and he frequently presents seminars on complex issues in family
law for local, regional, and national legal groups. He is a contributing
author to the Practitioner’s Guide on Kansas Family Law, published by
the Kansas Bar Association (1997 & supplements) with chapters on
“Divorce, Separate Maintenance and Annulment” [Chapter 2], and
“Child Custody, Parenting Time and Visitation” [Chapter 6]. He
frequently testifies to the Kansas Legislature on issues effecting families
in Kansas
and on family law legislation. He was instrumental in significant revisions
to Kansas child custody law and has helped
improve family law practice and procedure in Kansas. In addition, Mr. Nelson works to
improve access to the courts and has participated in the drafting of family
law forms for Kansas
statewide use.
Mr. Nelson is engaged in a civil trial and appellate practice
that emphasizes client representation in complex divorce, non-marital, parentage and post-decree matters in addition to helping
parents who seek the return of their children from interstate and
international child abduction. Mr. Nelson has an extensive appellate practice
and has participated in over eighty appellate cases.
Mr. Nelson practices law before all trial and appellate
courts in the State of Kansas.
He is admitted to practice before the Kansas
Supreme Court (1981), the United
States District Court for the District of Kansas (1981), the United States District Court for the
Western District of Missouri (2004), the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
(1986), and the United States Supreme
Court (1992). He is a member of the Johnson
County, Kansas Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section), The Kansas Bar Association (Member, Family Law
Section; Member, Legislative Committee 1991-present), and the American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section; Member Law Practice Management Section; Member, Litigation Section; Member,
Council of Appellate Lawyers) and he is a Fellow in both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Nelson served as President of
the Kansas Bar Association Family Law Section for three terms between 2000
and 2004, and served on the Governing Council of the American Bar Association
Family Law Section from 2000-2006.
Published
Appellate Cases:
Teepak
v. Learned,
237 Kan. 320 (1985) (comparative negligence and indemnity – inclusion
of later tortfeasors in initial action)
Gould v.
Taco Bell, 239 Kan. 564 (1986) (comparison of intentional fault)
Summers v. Montgomery Elevator, 243 Kan. 639 (1988) (attorneys
fees –standards for assessment in frivolous civil action)
Santaniello v. Santaniello,
18 Kan. App. 2d 112 (1992) (grandparent visitation-burden of proof
requirement)
Ellis v.
Berry, 19 Kan. App. 2d 105 (1993) (non-marital property division
and trial procedure)
Marriage
of Welliver, 254 Kan. 801 (1994)
(service of process requirements and considerations in granting default
judgment)
Barnett
v. Barnett, 24 Kan. App. 2d 319 (1997) (protection from abuse
standards for children)
Marriage
of Scott, 263 Kan. 638 (1998) (child support – imputing of
income to residential parent)
Sokol v. Kansas S.R.S., 267 Kan. 740 (1999)
(administrative standards on allegations of child abuse)
Marriage
of Gordon-Hanks, 27 Kan.App.2d 987 (2000) (domestic relations
case management standards)
Johnson
v. Stephenson, 28 Kan.App.2d 275 (2000) (child custody –
binding effect of parental agreement when there is a later dispute)
Marriage
of Ronen,
29 Kan.App.2d 443 (2001) (child support – defining expenses included in
basic child support amount)
Trolinger v. Trolinger,
30 Kan.App.2d 192 (2001) (protection from abuse standards for adults)
Marriage
of Kopac, 30 Kan.App.2d 735 (2002) (spousal
support – considerations in termination on basis of
“cohabitation”)
Marriage
of Jennings, 30
Kan.App.2d 860 (2002) (child custody – binding effect of parental
agreement when there is a later dispute)
DeGraeve v. Holm, 30 Kan.App.2d 865 (2002)
(grandparent visitation – burden of proof, upholding grandparent
visitation)
Skillett v. Sierra, 30 Kan.App.2d 1041 (2002) (child
support – financial considerations and adjustment; award of retroactive
child support in parentage cases)
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