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 Unpublished Appellate Opinions are not posted on the Kansas Appellate Courts’ website, but are available on this site between one hour to one day after release.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 The decisions on this page include both published and unpublished opinions.

2002 Kansas Family Law Appeals Decisions

Supreme Court

December 6, 2002

86791 – In re Marriage of Wherrell
87999 – In re Marriage of Phillips

July 19, 2002

87820 – Winston v. Kansas Dept. Of SRS (Published)

April 19, 2002

86273 – In re Marriage of Brand (Published)

March 15, 2002

85030 – In re Estate of Gardiner (Published)

March 8, 2002

86319 – In re Adoption of Baby Girl S. (Published)

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Court of Appeals

December 20, 2002

87403 – In re Marriage of Allen (Published)

87,924 — In the Interest of T.F. and A.M.F. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Harvey.
88,594 — Slaughter v. Slaughter — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Ellis.
88,764 — In the Matter of the Adoption of T.S.F. and A.M.F. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Harvey.

December 13, 2002

88503 – In re M. K. (Published)

December 6, 2002

88,444 — In the Matter of G.R.A.F. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
88,482 — Rink v. Rink — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Crawford.
88,676 — Holle v. Holle — Beier, J. — Reversed and remanded with directions — Riley.

November 27, 2002

88156 – In re Marriage of Brotherton (Published)

87,889 — Hook v. Hook — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Ellis.

November 22, 2002

88,285 — Ferguson v. Winston and Felts — Beier, J. — Affirmed — Johnson.
88,338 — In the Interest of L.J.G. and R.T.G. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
88,561 — In the Interest of G.P.B. and E.A.H. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.
88,791 — In the Interest of B.R. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Wyandotte.
88,900 — Boswell v. Boswell — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Labette.

November 8, 2002

87830 – In re Marriage of Myers (Published)

87,994 — Tillery v. Tillery — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.

November 1, 2002

88,473 — Lewis v. Lewis — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Douglas.

October 25, 2002

88368 – In re D.T. (Published)
88583 – In re Adoption of M.D.K. (Published)

88,505 — In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy S. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.

October 18, 2002

87,712 — In the Matter of the Marriage of Thornton and Thornton — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Ellis.
87,941 — In the Interest of L.R.C., R.D.C., K.K.C., J.L.J., and J.L.J. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
88,172 — In the Matter of the Marriage of Shandy and Shandy — Lewis, J. — Affirmed in part and reversed in part — Sedgwick.
88,529 — In the Matter of the Marriage of Pryor and Pryor — Per Curiam — Reversed and remanded with directions — Riley.

October 11, 2002

87735 – State, ex rel. Secretary Dept. Of S.R.S. v. Strotkamp (Published) [grandparent visitation]

86,824 — Doherty v. Doherty — Gernon, J. — Affirmed — Miami.
87,781 — In the Interest of A.A.B., B.D.B., B.L.B., and J.K.B. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
88,544 — In the Interest of A.W. and A. C. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Wyandotte.
88,668 — In the Interest of E.E.R., C.J.R. and R.J.R. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Barber.

September 27, 2002

88,268 — Reidenbach v. Reidenbach — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.

September 20, 2002

87,055 — Dodge v. Dodge — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.
87,116 — Thompson v. Thompson — Per Curiam — Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions — Dickinson.

September 13, 2002

88063 – Skillett v. Sierra (Published) [child support, protection]

87,310 — Niblock v. Niblock — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.
88,173 — In the Matter of D.K.N. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.
88,416 — In the Interest of A.N.N., J.L.N., N.C.N., V.E.N., and J.I.N. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Harvey.

September 6, 2002

88081 – State ex rel. Secretary of Dept. Of SRS v. Davison (Published) [grandparent visitation]
88218 – In re Estate of Ruth I. Lasater (Published) [joint tenancy, marital property]

August 23, 2002

88115 – In re Marriage of Riggle (Published)

July 19, 2002

87737 – In re Marriage of Jennings (Published)
87942 – DeGraeve v. Holm (Published)

87,674 — King v. King — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.

July 12, 2002

87,254 — Ewing v. Ewing — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.
87,969 — In the Matter of B.D.B. — Per Curiam — Reversed — Labette.
87,988 — Hendershot v. Hendershot — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.

June 28, 2002

86535 – In re Marriage of Steven (Published)

June 21, 2002

87,111 — Murphy v. Murphy — Per Curiam — Appeal dismissed — Johnson.
87,832 — Benitez v. Benitez — Lewis, J. — Reversed and remanded with instructions — Finney.
87,891 — Robertson v. Robertson — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Franklin.
87,978 — In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy B. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.

June 7, 2002

87557 – In re Marriage of Kopac (Published)

87,547 — In the Matter of J.W. — Beier, J. — Affirmed — Harper.

May 24, 2002

87,575 — Vance v. Vance — Per Curiam — Reversed — Sedgwick.
87,588/87,589 — In the Interest of J.M., A.M., and V.M./In the Interest of K.M. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Saline.
87,750 — In the Interest of A.B. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.

May 17, 2002

87785 – Barnett v. Cusimano (Published)

May 3, 2002

87450 – In re Marriage of McCollum (Published)

86,965 — In the Interest of C.J.N., C.J.T., C.J.T., and C.C.T. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
87,670 — Sylvia Shepherd v. Wayne Shepherd and Cheryl Shepherd — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Bourbon.
87,986 — Woods v. Dept. of S.R.S. and Tinkler — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.

April 26, 2002

86,768 — Byers v. Byers — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.

April 12, 2002

86933 – In re mG.M.A. Per Curiam (Published)
87290 – In re H.R.B. (Published)

April 5, 2002

86,313 — In re Marriage of Anzo and Scrogham — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Reno.
87,220 — Ronald Adams v. Melody Adams, et al. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Ellis.
87,291 — In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Girl W. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
87,292 — In the Matter of A.R. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Finney.
87,509 — State of Texas, et al. v. Jones — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sedgwick.
87,598 — Mayer v. Mayer — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.

March 15, 2002

87302 – In re J.A. (Published)

March 1, 2002

87,427 — Hester v. State Dept. of S.R.S. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Shawnee.

February 15, 2002

87,258 — In the Matter of the Marriage of Simons and Gerstner — Per Curiam — Reversed in part and dismissed in part — Ellis.

February 8, 2002

86,966 — Wilma Hess v. Harold Hess, et al. — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Woodson.
87,255 — Rumley v. Rumley — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Johnson.
87,377 — Hellerud v. Hellerud — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Sherman.

January 25, 2002

86791 – In re Marriage of Wherrell (Published)

January 18, 2002

85,564 — Whiteside v. Dept. of S.R.S. — Gernon, J. — Affirmed in part and reversed in part — Sedgwick.
87,276 — In the Matter of E.L. — Beier, J. — Affirmed — Wyandotte.
87,299 — Wente v. Wente — Per Curiam — Reversed in part and dismissed in part — Sheridan.
87,375 — In the Interest of H.D. and Z.D. — Per Curiam — Vacated and remanded with instructions — Decatur.

January 4, 2002

86,482 — Hiner v. Hiner — Per Curiam — Affirmed — Cloud.

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