May 2001 News Releases

05/11/2001 Court of Appeals reverses decision on marriage validity TOPEKA—The Court of Appeals today reversed a Leavenworth County decision in a probate case denying a petition by a person who had undergone a sex-change operation to inherit from her deceased husband's estate.In striking down the trial court's ruling denying the validity of the marriage, the Court of Appeals remanded the case for ...

05/11/2001 Chief Justice McFarland summoned for jury duty TOPEKA—Chief Justice Kay McFarland has an unusually busy schedule Monday a.m. Let's see, arrange projects for staff, work on opinions, and, oh yes, report for jury duty in Shawnee County District Court.In what may be a historical first, but certainly the first time in the past 35 years or more, a sitting chief justice has been summoned ...