IN RE ESTATE OF GARDINER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford P. Krigel, of Krigel & Krigel, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Karen S. Rosenberg, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant, J'Noel Gardiner.

William M. Modrcin, of Morrison & Hecker, L.L.P., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and David G. Watkins, of the same firm, and John F. Thompson, of Davis, Beall, McGuire & Thompson, of Leavenworth, were with him on the briefs for appellee, Joseph M. Gardiner, III.

Aronda Strutt Kerns, of Wichita, and Patrick T. Gillen, of Thomas More Center for Law & Justice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, were on the brief for amicus curiae Thomas More Center for Law & Justice.

Lisa Nathanson, of American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri, of Kansas City; Doni Gewirtzman, Ruth E. Harlow, Beatrice Dohrn, and Evan Wolfson, of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., of New York, New York; and Pamela Sumners, of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, of Chicago, Illinois, were on the brief for amici curiae Gender Public Advocacy Coalition and American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri.