Weekly Twitter Update 2016–January–24
#KSCourts: Kansas Court of Appeals issues divided decision in case involving 2015 abortion law bit.ly/1Vh3cSJ
#KSCourts: NO Kansas #FamilyLaw-related Appeals Decisions were issued this week (2016-Jan-22): bit.ly/1R0ECah
#ARCourts: Trial court’s refusal to allow #grandparent visitation not abuse of discretion 1.usa.gov/1PIRImO
#ARCourts: Appeal from trial court order interpreting #Germany divorce decree on benefits dismissed as untimely 1.usa.gov/1PIRvQB
10th Cir US Court of Appeals hears arguments in ‘Sister Wives’ Polygamy case bit.ly/1lBTrCr
#KSLegislature: #HB2449, Repeal nonseverability clause #KSCourtsbudget, Introduced #KSSenate referred to #SenateCOW bit.ly/1RLQqfr
#KSCourts: Kansas Supreme Court publishes its Docket for February-March 2016: bit.ly/1NnSUKw #SCOKS
HB 2449: removing nonseverability clause re: judicial branch funding passes unanimously on Emergency Final Action. #ksleg
#HB2449 removing nonseverability clause from #KSCourts funding passes #KSHouse 119-0 twitter.com/KansasBarLeg/s…
KS House Judiciary Committee not meeting today. No meeting until Monday. #ksleg
Editorial: An audit to examine how well Kansas’s privatized foster care system is working is long overdue bit.ly/1ZElIpi
Couple fights to get children back, say state has refused because of medicinal marijuana use bit.ly/1ZEkw5f
Kansas House to debate HB 2449 repealing the non severability provision from the 2015 judicial budget. Debate to begin at 11am today. #ksleg
Good Morning, #ksleg. I’m in House GOP Caucus; we are calendaring on this bill: 🙂 pic.twitter.com/nyUENhubOs
#KSLegislature: #HB2449, Repealing non-severability provision in #KSCourts budget on GO above-the-line today bit.ly/1RLQqfr
Separated by WWII, 70 years, and 10,000 miles, long-lost lovers will reunite for Valentines Day wapo.st/1RVlpaO
Sen Jud passes out two bills favorably, SB 319 & SB 321 both from ks judicial council. Both will appear in consent calendar. #ksleg
Looks like House will be on General Orders tomorrow. GOP will calendar at 8:30 tomorrow in Old Supreme Court Room. House adjourned. #ksleg
Kansas lawmaker introduces bill to prohibit unmarried couples from acting as foster parents bit.ly/1ZMe01z
Updated Page: Legislature–2016 bit.ly/1OcEuhe
#KSLegislature: #SB320, Removing ‘Non-Severability’ clause from #KSCourts funding, moved to General Calendar bit.ly/1RLQ7Bb
.@DCFKansas Secretary complains that focus on agencys bias against same-sex couples is a “distraction” bit.ly/1n807Jq
Looks like no action on V.L. v. E.L., the case involving adoption by same-sex couples & the Constitution’s Full Faith & Credit Clause