TOPEKA—The Supreme Court is accepting public comment on proposed updates to Kansas Child Support Guidelines that could increase child support obligations by almost 9% across all income groups beginning January 2024. The court will accept comment through an online survey...

TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the Kansas bar examination will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys in an in-person ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 3,  in the Georgia Neese Gray Performance Hall at the Topeka Performing Arts Center.   New attorneys can choose...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court today adopted Rule 160 , which applies when district courts provide public access to a live proceeding by electronic means, whether by livestream, closed-circuit feed, or recording. New Rule 160 provides that if a proceeding is open to the ...

TOPEKA— Chief Justice Marla Luckert has extended an invitation to her colleagues in the judicial branch, the legal community, and members of the public to join a celebration of Constitution Day at the Kansas Judicial Center. The event will feature a reading of the U.S. Con...

TOPEKA—A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday, September 19, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola.   Judges Angela Coble, Thomas Malone, and Sarah Warner will hear oral arguments in three cases at 9 a.m. The session is open ...

TOPEKA—A panel of three judges from the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday, September 19, at Kansas State University, in observance of Constitution Day. The panel will hear three cases beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Forum Hall at the Kansas State Student U...

TOPEKA—Chief Judge Karen Arnold-Burger, Kansas Court of Appeals, released the following statement on learning about the September 5, 2023, death of retired Judge Patrick McAnany : “I speak for the entire Kansas Court of Appeals when I say we are saddened by the death of re...

TOPEKA—Shawn Jurgensen will leave his position as special counsel to the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court on September 8 to take a new role as chief public policy officer and director of center of innovation with the Council of State Governments in Lexington, Kentuc...

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Rhonda Cole to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Bourbon County.     Cole’s new position will be effective on her swearing-in. She currently is clerk of the district court in Bourbon County. She...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee will be in Great Bend August 24 and 25 for a community welcome event and committee meeting.   Chief Justice Marla Luckert created the committee in December 2022 to examine unmet legal needs in rural Kansas related to ...