MATTER OF EMERSON

No. 113,503.

392 P.3d 82 (2017)

In the MATTER OF the Care and Treatment of Cecil W. EMERSON.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Whalen , of Law Office of Michael P. Whalen, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Dwight R. Carswell , assistant solicitor general, argued the cause, and Natalie Chalmers , assistant solicitor general, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, were on the brief for appellee.


This appeal raises the question of whether a district court has jurisdiction to authorize the filing of an out-of-time direct appeal after a prior direct appeal by the same litigant had been dismissed by the Court of Appeals. We hold the district court lost jurisdiction when the initial appeal...

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