October 2019 News Releases

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Marty Clark was elected president of the Kansas District Magistrate Judges ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Mike Ward of the 13th Judicial District has been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in four cases on the court's October 31 docket. After ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Jared Johnson of the 28th Judicial District has been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in four cases on the court's October ...

TOPEKA—The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene November 19 to interview four nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County.

The vacancy was created by the October 30 retirement of Judge Leo Gensweider.

The commission will convene at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, in the ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Kay Huff of the 7th Judicial District has been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in four cases on the court's October 29 docket.

TOPEKA — The Supreme Court Nominating Commission today sent the names of three nominees for Supreme Court justice to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the September 8 retirement of Justice Lee Johnson.

The three candidates are Dennis Depew and Steven Obermeier, who both work for the ...

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is seeking nominees to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the December 17 retirement of Chief Justice Lawton Nuss.

Nuss' retirement triggers ...

​TOPEKA—The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created by the December 31 retirement of Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel.

The 7th Judicial District is composed of Douglas County.

Justice Eric Rosen, the Supreme Court departmental justice responsible for the ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has adopted new child support guidelines that will take effect January 1, 2020.

The court adopted the updated guidelines through Administrative Order 307, which says they are to be used as a basis for establishing and reviewing child support orders in Kansas district courts.

The new ...

TOPEKA—Judges, lawyers, and legal scholars from around the world have met with Kansas Supreme Court justices to learn more about the U.S. judicial system.

Through the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program, participants have had the opportunity to question Kansas' justices how the judicial system ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Korina Wedel of Leoti to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Wichita County.

The commission conducted public interviews of nominees for the position October 9 in Leoti. Three people had applied for the opening.

Wedel's new position will be effective ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the names of four nominees for district judge to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the December 27 retirement of Judge Michael Quint.

The 25th Judicial District is composed of Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott ...

TOPEKA—The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County created by the October 30 retirement of Judge Leo Gensweider.

The 31st Judicial District is composed of Allen, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties.

Justice Caleb Stegall, the ...

TOPEKA—Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel will retire December 31 after 19 years of service. She has been chief judge of the 7th ...