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STATE EX REL SECRETARY OF SRS v. COOK, JR.

No. 85,478.

29 Kan. App.2d 292 (2001)

26 P.3d 76

STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, Appellees, v. WILLIE C. COOK, JR., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mark Meinhardt, legal intern, and Sheila Reynolds, of Washburn Law Clinic, of Topeka, for appellant.

Randy M. Barker and Daric S. Smith, of Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, for appellees.

Before GREEN, P.J., KNUDSON, J., and PHILIP C. VIEUX, District Judge, assigned.

KNUDSON, J.:

The defendant, Willie Cook, appeals from the district court's order granting the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) a money judgment of $3,453.80 for assistance expended on behalf of his minor child, D.C. The pivotal issue on appeal is whether Cook was denied due process of law because the district court refused to consider his equitable defenses of age, station in life, and inability to pay.

We reverse and remand for further...

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