HEARTLAND PRESBYTERY v. PRESBYTERIAN CH.

No. 114,404.

390 P.3d 581 (2017)

HEARTLAND PRESBYTERY, Appellee/Cross-appellant, v. The PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF STANLEY, INC., Appellant/Cross-appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brett Milbourn and R. Keith Johnston , of Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant/cross-appellee The Presbyterian Church of Stanley, Inc. (Dennis Hamblin, Steve Lemieux, and Kay Sprouse).

Lee M. Smithyman , of Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered, of Overland Park, for The Presbyterian Church of Stanley, Inc.

Allan V. Hallquist and Christina M. Pyle , of Husch Blackwell LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellee/cross-appellant Heartland Presbytery.

Before Standridge, P.J., Arnold-Burger and Bruns, JJ.


This case involves a church property dispute arising out of a schism that developed between the members of the Presbyterian Church of Stanley, Inc. (PCOS). Since 1983, the PCOS has been affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which is a hierarchical religious denomination. Unfortunately, a disagreement arose between the members...

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