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During legislative sessions in 2024 and 2025, the Kansas legislature enacted amendments to the Kansas Care and Treatment statutes. Additionally, the Kansas legislature significantly amended the Kansas Guardianship and Conservatorship statutes. The changes to the guardianship code take effect January 1, 2026. However, the Kansas Probate Code related to decedent’s estates remains unchanged. The statutory […]

In the past year, I have assisted clients in probating estates and filing determinations of descent in the district courts for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Leavenworth County, Hodgman County, Franklin County, Ellsworth County, Edwards County, Sumner County, Douglas County, Reno County, Shawnee County, Sedgwick County and Saline County. I am in my 25th year of […]

I represent a client in a probate estate in Shawnee County, Kansas wherein the decedent died with a last will and testament and there is litigation regarding the clarity or ambiguity of the language in the will. The decedent had 3 children and 2 step-children. The will named the step-daughter as the personal representative (aka […]

I recently assisted a client who is a real estate agent and an extended family member of a deceased individual who owned undeveloped lots in Hickory County, Missouri. The decedent was a resident of Miami County, Kansas at the time of his death. My client hired an attorney to file a petition for determination of […]