IN RE SAWYER

Nos. 55,413, 55,414

234 Kan. 436 (1983)

672 P.2d 1093

IN THE INTEREST OF ANNA SAWYER. IN THE INTEREST OF MATTHEW SAWYER.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Iliff, of Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Alan P. Blinzler, of the same firm in Olathe, Kansas, was with him on the brief for the brief for the appellants Anna and Matthew Sawyer. Austin K. Vincent, of Russell, Johnson & Johnson, of Topeka, appeared as Kansas counsel before the court.

Susan Kulp Stolle, assistant district attorney, argued the cause and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Dennis W. Moore, district attorney, were with her on the brief for the appellee State of Kansas.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

This is an appeal from the trial court's decision that Anna and Matthew Sawyer are "children in need of care" because they were not attending school as required by K.S.A. 72-1111. The two juvenile cases are consolidated on appeal.

During the 1981-82 academic school year, Anna and Matthew Sawyer were regularly enrolled in the Spring Hill Elementary School, U.S.D. # 230, located in Spring Hill, Johnson...

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