IN RE WOODARD

No. 53,747

231 Kan. 544 (1982)

646 P.2d 1105

IN THE INTEREST OF EVA WOODARD, a Minor Under 18 Years of Age.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Smith, of Smith Law Office, of Garden City, argued the cause, and Jay C. Hinkel, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellant.

John Wheeler, of Soldner & Wheeler, of Garden City, guardian ad litem, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, Paul D. Handy, county attorney, and Denise Grimes, assistant county attorney, were with him on the brief. for appellee.

Philip C. Vieux, of Owen & Vieux, of Garden City, was on the brief amicus curiae.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HOLMES, J.:

Steve Woodard appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion to set aside a prior order of the court which severed his parental rights to his illegitimate daughter, Eva Woodard. In the original severance proceeding the only service upon appellant, a California resident, was by publication notice in The Garden City Telegram. When Woodard learned, some ten months later, that his parental rights...

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