Firm News

The Johnson County District Court has proposed new Local Rules which are scheduled to be effective June 1, 2025 and include the manner in which pleadings must be signed (Rule 3.7), and mandatory discovery and pre-trial matters in domestic cases (Rule 20), which rules...

MARITAL PROPERTY—Approaches to Division. In the Matter of the Marriage of Meek and Meek, Docket No. 124,904 (Kan. S. Ct. 4.18.2025. Johnson Dist. Ct., J. Jayaram, reversed). K.S.A. 23-2601 defines separate property in a marriage. K.S.A. 23-2801(a) defines what happens...

In the Matter of the Marriage of L.F. and M.F., Docket No. 125,862 (Kan. Ct. of App. January 3, 2025. Johnson County, J. Schoenig, affirmed). “Investigations and reports ordered under K.S.A. 23-3210 may include psychological evaluations of parents conducted for the...

In the Matter of the Marriage of C.M. and M.M., Docket No. 127,280 (Ks. Ct. of App. December 27, 2024. Reno Dist. Ct. remanded with directions). The Uniforn Servicemembers Civil Relief Act requires that a court not enter judgment unless an attorney is appointed to...

In the Matter of the Parentage of E.A., a Minor Child, Docket No. 123,710, and In the Matter of the Adoption of E.A., a Minor Child, Docket No. 125,994. (Kan. S. Ct. December 27, 2024; Shawnee Dist. Ct. reversed, adoption decree is vacated, and adoption case is...

Reed Walker, PA has moved its office to Cloverleaf Office Park Building 2, Suite 207. It is in the building immediately south of its former location. The firm is back in the building where it was located for over 10 years, on the same (second) floor at its opposite...

The Kansas Supreme Court, in In re Gamble, the decision for which was handed down November 8, 2024, recognized Mr. Walker as a Kansas family law expert, whose opinion was extensively quoted in that decision.

Mr. Walker presented in October a Continuing Legal Education seminar on Recent Kansas Appellate Court cases, the material for which appears in the “Recent Legal Developments” tab of his website. He is scheduled to present in November regarding the Kansas Child Support...

Mr. Walker, an officer in the AAML Kansas Chapter, is hosting its annual meeting Friday, November 8, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., in the 12th Floor Boardroom of the Langham Hotel, 330 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago.  We look forward to seeing our Chapter members attending the...

GRANDPARENT VISITATION RIGHTS—Natural Parents v. Grandparents.TD and DD v. BR, Docket No. 126,565 (Kan. Ct. of App. Unpublished October 25, 2024-Wyandotte. J. Lynch reversed and remanded). Natural mother is dead. Natural father has a reasonable parenting plan, versus...