IN RE ADOPTION OF McMULLEN

No. 56,359

236 Kan. 348 (1984)

691 P.2d 17

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF ALITIA SUZETTE McMULLEN and STEVEN WARD McMULLEN, JR., Minor Children.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Morgan, of Legal Aid Society of Wichita, Inc., argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant Gail McMullen.

Charles F. Harris, of Kaplan, McMillan & Harris, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee Kerrie McMullen.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, J.:

This is an appeal by Gail McMullen, the natural mother of two minor children, Alitia and Steven McMullen, Jr., from an order of the Sedgwick District Court granting the petition of Kerrie McMullen, the stepmother of the children, for adoption. The issues presented are the meaning of the word "incidental," as it is used in K.S.A. 59-2102(b), and the constitutionality of that statute.

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