IN RE PACE

No. 82,974.

26 Kan. App.2d 538 (1999)

989 P.2d 297

In the Matter of the Petition of LOLA PACE For a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Campbell, of Campbell Law Office, of Atchison, for appellant.

Patrick E. Henderson, assistant county attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.

Before RULON, P.J., GREEN, J., AND BARRY A. BENNINGTON, District Judge, assigned.


RULON, J.:

Petitioner Lola Pace appeals the district court's holding that a minor is not emancipated by entering into a common-law marriage and she, therefore, is subject to the child in need of care code.

In January 1999, petitioner, age 16, and Patrick Sullivan, age 20, agreed to be married to each other and held themselves out to be married to petitioner's mother and others. Petitioner's putative father, Farrell...

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