Printable Format59-2103.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 175; L. 1967, ch. 316, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 180, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 43; Repealed, L. 1990, ch. 145, § 38; July 1.
Source or prior law:
38-105, 38-107.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Cited in discussing when effect of court order for child support ceases. Trunkey v. Johnson, 154 Kan. 725, 730, 121 P.2d 247.
2. Adopted child considered same as natural child in construing will. In re Estate of Asendorf, 167 Kan. 165, 168, 205 P.2d 934.
3. Effect of voluntary relinquishment of custodial rights discussed. Leach v. Leach, 179 Kan. 557, 559, 296 P.2d 1078.
4. Mentioned; "lawful issue born in wedlock" did not include adopted children under will. Smyth v. Thomas, 198 Kan. 250, 257, 424 P.2d 498.
5. Whether natural grandparent can continue contact with adopted child is discretionary with adoptive parents. In re Johnson, 210 Kan. 828, 834, 504 P.2d 217.
6. Referred to; adopted minor children entitled to same rights as children or heirs at law of person adopting. Woolums v. Simonsen, 214 Kan. 722, 731, 522 P.2d 1321.
7. Adoption decree not subject to collateral attack; adoptive parents possess parental rights, including custody right. Jones v. Jones, 215 Kan. 102, 112, 523 P.2d 743.
8. Applied; court without power to grant visitation privilege to paternal grandmother after adoption. Browning v. Tarwater, 215 Kan. 501, 503, 504, 506, 524 P.2d 1135.
9. Provision of K.S.A. 59-2102 requiring consent of unwed mother but not the father to adoption not unconstitutional on grounds urged. In re Lathrop, 2 Kan. App. 2d 90, 93, 575 P.2d 894.
10. K.S.A. 59-1202 held to be strictly construed. In re Adoption of Harrington, 228 Kan. 636, 639, 620 P.2d 315.
11. Adopted adult falls within definition of "child" and has same rights of person and property as a natural child. In re Estate of Fortney, 5 Kan. App. 2d 14, 20, 21, 611 P.2d 599.
12. Cited; neither child's best interests nor parental fitness as controlling issues in adoption examined; importance of natural relation stressed. In re Adoption of B.J.H., 12 Kan. App. 2d 746, 751, 757 P.2d 1268 (1988).
13. Voluntary termination of parental rights (K.S.A. 38-125 et seq.) as also terminating obligation to support noted. State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Clear, 248 Kan. 109, 116, 804 P.2d 961 (1991).
14. Grandparent visitation may be granted after adoption of child. In re Adoption of J.M.U., 16 Kan. App. 2d 164, 168, 819 P.2d 1244 (1991).