INTEREST OF J.L.

No. 120,504.

449 P.3d 762 (2019)

In the INTEREST OF J.L., a Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel I. Hockenbarger , for appellant natural father.

Morgan L. Hall , deputy district attorney, and Michael F. Kagay , district attorney, for appellee.

Before Schroeder, P.J., Green and Powell, JJ.


A father has a constitutional right to parent his child. Before that right may be impaired or taken away, a scrupulous observance of due process is called for. In the case before us, J.J.L. (Father) appeals the district court's decision to adjudicate by default his son, J.L., as a child in need...

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