ROLL BY AND THROUGH KERWICK v. HOWARD

No. 121,447.

514 P.3d 1030 (2022)

Catherine ROLL, a Disabled Person, BY AND THROUGH Her Co-guardians Teresa Roll KERWICK and Mary Ann Burns, Appellant, v. Laura HOWARD, Secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, and Mike Dixon, Superintendent of the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Calvert , of David P. Calvert, P.A., of Wichita, and Stephen M. Kerwick , of Wichita, argued the cause and were on the briefs for appellant.

Arthur S. Chalmers , assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, was with him on the briefs for appellee.


The defendants sought to relocate Catherine Roll, an individual with significant mental and physical disabilities, from the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center (Hospital), where she has been a long-term resident, to a community-based treatment center. Roll, through her guardians, resisted such a transfer and contended that the Americans...

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