Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions are normally released on Friday mornings at approximately 9:30 a.m. Published Appellate Opinions are posted to the Kansas Appellate Courts’ website within one hour. Unpublished Appellate Opinions are not posted on the Kansas Appellate Courts’ website, but are available on this site between one hour to one day after release. This page includes only Kansas Family Law Appellate Decisions. The decisions on this page include both published and unpublished opinions.

2011 Kansas Family Law Appeals Decisions

Supreme Court

September 16, 2011

99687– In re Adoption of J.M.D. (Published)

Other Supreme Court Decisions: release dates…

Court of Appeals

December 23, 2011

104315 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Underwood and Underwood – Leben, J. – Vacated and remanded with directions – Johnson. [maintenance, agreements, modification]

105085 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Klein v. Klein – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Shawnee. [maintenance, property]

December 16, 2011

104893 – Allen v. Allen – Per Curiam – Appeal dismissed – Butler.

105740 – In the Matter of B.R.R. – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Sedgwick.

106067 – In the Interest of S.R. and R.W. – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Sedgwick.

December 2, 2011

105729 – Kirtdoll, et al. v. Kirtdoll – Bukaty, J. – Reversed and remanded with directions – Wyandotte. [paternity, CINC, procedure]

November 10, 2011

105142 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Smith and Lohman – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Leavenworth. [maintenance, child support]

November 4 , 2011

103426 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Anjard and Anjard – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [property]
(Petition for Review denied June 13, 2012)

October 21, 2011

103498 – In re Marriage of Johnston and Johnston – Leben, J. – Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions – Linn. [jurisdiction, UIFSA]

October 7, 2011

104339 – In the Matter of Lill, et al. and Lill – Per Curiam – Reversed and remanded with directions – Shawnee. [child support, agreements, paternity]

104830 – In the Matter of Wilson and Wilson – Per Curiam – Affirmed in part and remanded with directions – Johnson. [child support]
(Petition for Review denied June 12, 2012)

105650 – In the Matter of B.W., J.W., and T.W. – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Kingman. [adoption, termination]

September 23, 2011

102949 – In the Matter of Monslow and Monslow – Pierron, J. – Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions – Johnson. [property]
(Petition for Review denied June 13, 2012)

105392 – In the Matter of Azar v. Jagoda – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [child custody, procedure, attorneys fees]

September 9, 2011

104518 – In the Matter of Hendel and Hendel – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [procedure, property division, due process, maintenance] (Petition for Review denied June 13, 2012)

September 2, 2011

104285 – In the Matter of Arhuire and Arhuire – Per Curiam – Remanded with directions – Wyandotte. [appeals]

104813 – In the Matter of Grace, et al. and Bishop – Leben, J. – Affirmed – Johnson. [UCCJEA, jurisdiction, acquiescence]

August 26, 2011

104726 – In the Matter of Perala and Perala – Greene, C.J. – Reversed and remanded – Douglas. [maintenance, enforcement, procedure, estoppel]

  • 8/26 Opinion Index

August 19, 2011

105623 – In re K.E. (Published) [procedure, appeals]

104317 – In the Matter of Alford and Alford – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Marshall. [property division, procedure]

  •  8/19 Opinion Index

August 5, 2011

104486 – In the Matter of Sprague and Sprague – Per Curiam – Vacated and remanded with directions – Johnson. [procedure]

  •  8/05 Opinion Index

July 22, 2011

103147 – In the Matter of Oluola and Imkie – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [maintenance, property division, procedure]

  • 7/22 Opinion Index

July 15, 2011

104684 – In the Matter of Lank, et al. v. Florez – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Sedgwick. [child support]

104739 – In the Matter of Horvath and Horvath – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Douglas. [property, procedure, valuation]

104779 – In the Matter of White and White – Per Curiam – Reversed and remanded – Johnson. [child support]

  •  7/15 Opinion Index

July 1, 2011

103983 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Clark and Bean – Per Curiam – Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions – Johnson. [child support, procedure, UIFSA, UTMA]

104582 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Schmidt and Schmidt – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [maintenance, property, procedure]

  •  7/01 Opinion Index

June 24, 2011

104077 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Campbell v. Burnett – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [procedure, attorneys fees]

  • 6/24 Opinion Index

June 17, 2011

104466 – In the Matter of the Marriage of Cotter – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Franklin. [contracts, relief from judgment, judgment, enforcement]

  • 6/17 Opinion Index

June 10, 2011

104247 – In the Matter of the Grandparent Visitation of B.R.J., et al. v. Jones – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Sedgwick. [third-party visitation, adoption]

  •  6/10 Opinion Index

June 3, 2011

103814 – Snyder v. Schiffner – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Ford. [procedure, enforcement, judgments]

104417 – Becker v. Ashworth – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [non-marital property division]

  •  6/03 Opinion Index

May 27, 2011

103285 – Stabel v. Meyer. (Published) [name change, parentage]

103525 – In re Marriage of Strieby and Strieby. (Published) [maintenance, contracts, attorneys fees]

103286 – In the Matter of Chance, et al. and Chance – Pierron, J. – Reversed – Rooks. [name change, parentage]

104284 – Naumann v. Naumann – Per Curiam – Reversed and remanded with directions – Jefferson. [property]

  •  5/27 Opinion Index

May 20, 2011

103979 – In the Matter of Conrad and Conrad – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Douglas.

  • 5/20 Opinion Index

April 29, 2011

103148 – In re Matter of Cutler and Cutler – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Johnson. [contracts, premarital agreements, procedure]

  • 4/29 Opinion Index

April 15, 2011

104947 – In the Matter of Eisenbrandt v. Eisenbrandt – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Crawford. [child custody, religion, constitutional rights]

  • 4/15 Opinion Index

April 8, 2011

104727 – In re Adoption of I.H.H.-L. (Published) [termination, adoption, parental rights, constitutional rights]

103871 – In the Matter of McClain and McClain – Leben, J. – Affirmed – Phillips. [garnishment, enforcement, procedure]

104386 – In the Matter of Kirchhoff and Jones – Buser, J. – Affirmed – Smith. [jurisdiction, procedure, residence]

  • 4/08 Opinion Index

April 1, 2011

104107 – In the Matter of Farr (Torrez) and Farr – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Shawnee. [procedure, appeals, self-represented]

  • 4/01 Opinion Index

March 4, 2011

103354 – In the Matter of Henry and Henry – Per Curiam – Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions – Leavenworth. [maintenance, contracts]

  • 3/04 Opinion Index

February 18, 2011

103621 – In the Matter of Kreutzer and Kreutzer – Per Curiam – Affirmed – Finney. [property, maintenance]

  • 2/18 Opinion Index

Other Court of Appeals Decisions: release dates…