STATE EX REL. SECRETARY OF DCF v. SMITH

No. 114,306.

392 P.3d 68 (2017)

STATE of Kansas EX REL. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and Minor Child, I.M.S., by and through the Next Friend and Guardian, Natashia S. Gafford, Appellees, v. Alonzo SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Zolotor , of O'Hara & O'Hara LLC, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Morgan O'Hara Gering , of the same office, was on the brief for appellant.

Daniel John Macias , DCF/CSS contract attorney, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.


The Kansas Parentage Act, K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 23-2201 et seq., provides an informal procedure for acknowledging paternity whereby a person signs a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (VAP). K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 23-2204 directs the state registrar of vital statistics to create a VAP form...

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