Printable Format59-1802.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 150; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 347, § 35; January 1, 1966.
Source or prior law:
38-201, 38-202, 38-205.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Guardian appointed without finding of mother's unfitness; mother's custody unimpaired. Johnson v. Best, 156 Kan. 668, 671, 135 P.2d 896.
2. Both parents dead; common law rule respecting next of kin not abrogated. Paronto v. Armstrong, 161 Kan. 702, 725, 171 P.2d 299.
3. Natural mother may enjoin adoption of children by stepmother. Selanders v. Anderson, 178 Kan. 664, 667, 291 P.2d 425.
4. Divorced parents; death of custodian; custody reverts to survivor, when. In re Vallimont, 182 Kan. 334, 338, 321 P.2d 190.
5. Parents are natural guardians of person of their child; death of one devolves guardianship upon the other. Robben v. Robben, 188 Kan. 217, 219, 362 P.2d 29.