SWARTZ v. SWARTZ

No. 71,770

20 Kan. App. 2d 704 (1995)

JUDITH E. SWARTZ, Appellant, v. JAMES M. SWARTZ and PAMELA M. VAN BEEK, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Cownie, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, for appellant.

Martin M. Montemore, Janet I. Blauvelt, and Jacqueline Lorie Mixon, of Dysart Taylor Penner Lay & Lewandowski, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellee James M. Swartz.

Thomas R. Hill and Christopher T. Wilson, of Hill & Beam-Ward, of Overland Park, for appellee Pamela M. Van Beek.

Before RULON, P.J., BRAZIL and ROYSE, JJ.


ROYSE, J.:

Judith E. Swartz brought this action against her mother, Pamela M. Van Beek, and her adoptive father, James M. Swartz, seeking damages for injuries arising out of childhood sexual abuse committed by James Swartz. The district court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss, concluding that Judith Swartz' claims were barred by the eight-year statute of repose found in K.S.A. 60-515(a). Judith Swartz appeals.

Judith Swartz filed her petition on November...

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