IN RE M. K.

No. 88,503

31 Kan.App. 2d 24 (2002)

59 P.3d 355

In the Interest of M. K.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Opinion filed December 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan E. Turner and Phillip L. Turner, of Topeka, for the appellants, D.R. and S.R.

Thomas D. Arnhold, of Hutchinson, for the appellees, B.D. and J.D.

Sarah J. Sargent, of Kansas Children's Service League, of Topeka, amicus curiae.

Before KNUDSON, P.J., LEWIS, J., and BUCHELE, S.J.


LEWIS, J.:

This is an appeal from an adoption action in which a young child, M.K., has been placed in the middle of a maelstrom of legal rhetoric and a bitter fight for the right to adopt her. For the purposes of this opinion, we shall refer to M.K.'s relatives as "the D's." We shall refer to the appellants as "the R's." In addition, we note there was an amicus curiae brief filed in this case by the Kansas Children...

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