March 2009
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Personal Injury- Shawnee County
When you have been injured by someone else’s carelessness, it is important to take some initial steps toward making sure your injury claim can be settled fairly and as quickly as possible: Write down everything you can remember about how the injury occurred, including the names, addresses and phone numbers of potential witnesses, police officers, insurance [...]
Will & Estate Basics
Will & Estate Basics You’ve heard that if you do nothing else to take care of your legal affairs, you should write a will, and it’s pretty good advice. If you don’t make a will before your death, state law will determine who gets your property and a judge may decide who will raise your children [...]
Child Custody
Child Custody Child custody: an overview In cases of divorce, the court of jurisdiction for the divorce proceedings also determines child custody arrangements. Under the common statutory provision, if the spouses have children together while married, the parents have joint guardianship over that child and the parental rights are equal. Each parent has an equal [...]
Kansas Grounds for Divorce
Kansas Grounds for Divorce The Petition for Divorce is the initial document filed with the Kansas court. It is in this document that the filing spouse will request the court to terminate the marriage under certain specified grounds. The district court shall grant a decree of divorce for any of the following grounds: No-Fault Based Grounds: (1) Incompatibility; [...]
Adoption in Kansas
Adoption in Kansas You`re interested in adoption, but you`re not sure where to start. In Kansas, you have several options for adoption available. The first thing you must decide is the type of adoption you are interested in. Do you want an infant or an older child? Do you want to adopt domestically or internationally? These [...]
Family Law in Kansas
Family Law is a multi-faceted area of law that deals with family relations. Family law encompasses such areas as: adoption, child custody and visitation, children’s rights, child support, spousal support (alimony), separation agreements, civilian and military divorce (dissolution of marriage), marital property division (equitable division), elder law matters, estate planning, estates and trusts, wills and will [...]