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Kansas Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Kan.) Court of Appeals (Kan. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court (D. Kan.) * U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Bankr. D. Kan.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “259 Kan. 1” or “909 P.2d 657”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions ... Interfaces for accessing opinions by docket numbers and release dates.
¶  Bankruptcy Court opinions ... [Washburn Univ. Sch. of Law] — Search interface to published and unpublished opinions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.

Kansas Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Kan. Const.)

2. Bills
   See also the Kansas Legislature web site.

3. Session Laws of Kansas (Kan. Sess. Laws)

4. Kansas Statutes (Kan. Stat.)
   Note: While the Kansas Statutes can be viewed on-line at this link to the legislature's web site, the presentation is so clunky as to be practically useless. Reading a law is laborious, since only one section at a time can be viewed (but there are links for next and preceding sections). Finding a specific law is difficult.

Kansas Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Rules Relating to Appellate Courts Rules Relating to Kansas District Courts Rules Relating to Mediation Kansas Child Support Guidelines Kansas District Court Rule 1001 — Media Coverage of Judicial Proceedings ————— District Courts—Local Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Kan. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Kan. Bankr. R.)
See also the Kansas Bar Association's web site for local rules in additional districts. See the state court system's web site for a map and lists of counties in each district.
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules
Rules Relating to Discipline of Attorneys Rules Relating to Continuing Legal Education Rules Relating to Admission of Attorneys Rules Relating to Judicial Conduct Rules Relating to Continuing Judicial Education

Kansas Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   1. Kansas Administrative Regulations (Kan. Admin. Regs.)
   2. Kansas Register (Kan. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Kan. Att'y Gen.)

Kansas Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Saline County <2> Sedgwick County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Atchison <4> Concordia <4> Derby <3> Emporia <5> Goodland <4> Great Bend <3> Hays <4> Iola <4> Leavenworth <4> Manhattan <4> McPherson <4> Mission <6> Pittsburg <4> Topeka <4> Wichita <4> Winfield <4>       
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Kansas Law-Related Periodicals

1. Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy (Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y)
2. Kansas Law Review (Kan. L. Rev.)
3. Washburn Law Journal (Washburn L.J.)

Other Kansas Commentary

1. Kansas Legislative Research Department — Publications ... Various documents providing general information related to legislation, including a summary of recent legislation.

2. Doing Business in Kansas: A Legal Guide. Foulston Siefkin LLP. ... [Lex Mundi]

Kansas Law-Related Topical Web Sites

1. Kansas Elder Law Network ... [William Mitchell Coll. of Law (Minn.) / University of Kansas Sch. of Law] — This web site, now called the National Elder Law Network, has links to various on-line resources concerning legal issues affecting elderly individuals.

Kansas Court Information

Web Sites
Supreme Court Court of Appeals ————— District Courts Municipal Courts ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Additional Resources

NOTE—Kansas counties are organized into 29 numbered judicial districts. All but five of the districts comprise two or more counties each. In each county is a district court, which is the court of general jurisdiction. The districts are grouped into six departments, and each department is assigned to a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court for limited administrative oversight.

Kansas Forms

1. Revenue Department — Forms

2. Secretary of State — Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Kansas Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature     —Legislative Research Department Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General ————— Corporation Commission Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
Kansas Bar Association ————— Johnson County Bar Association ————— Kansas Paralegal Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Kansas Bar Association—Continuing Legal Education Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission Washburn School of Law—Continuing Legal Education ————— University of Kansas School of Law Washburn University School of Law
1. Consulate General of Canada in Dallas • Consulat Général du Canada à Dallas ... Canadian consular office serving Kansas.

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Kansas Supreme Court ————— Douglas County Jackson County Johnson County Lyon County Sedgwick County University of Kansas: Wheat Law Library Washburn University
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
Kansas Bar Association — Public Information Pamphlets
Introducing Your Lawyer Small Claims Court Ways to Settle Your Dispute Juror — Your Rights and Duties ————— Aging and the Law The Auto Accident ————— Marriage and Divorce Divorce — An IRS Perspective Child Custody, Support and Visitation Rights Domestic Violence — A Practical Guide for Victims     Violencia Domestica — Guia Practica para las Victimas ————— Stop, Look, and Check Before Buying a Home Joint Tenancy ————— Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions A Death in the Family — What Should I Do? Is a Living Trust For You? What's So Important About a Will? What Is Probate?
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Kansas Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Kansas law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Kansas.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Kansas Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.