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KS Stat § 59-2702 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 27 - Estates Of Absentees|59-2702 Appointment of trustee.

59-2702. Appointment of trustee. A trustee may be appointed for the estate of any such absentee to administer the same until such time as he or she returns or is found to be dead in accordance with the subsequent provisions hereof. A petition for the appointment of such trustee may be filed by any person. Venue for the proceedings thereon shall be in accordance with the laws applicable to the appointment of conservators for nonresident's proposed conservatees. The petition shall include:(1) the name, age, and the last known residence of the absentee,(2) the fact of the absentee's disappearance and all known circumstances pertaining thereto, including the date and place of his or her last known whereabouts,(3) the names and addresses of his or her known next of kin and spouse, if any,(4) the names and addresses of any other known persons who are likely to hear from the absentee, and(5) the general nature and probable value of his or her real and personal property.Notice of the filing of the petition and of the hearing thereon shall be given in accordance with K.S.A. 59-2209 to 59-2211, inclusive, and copies thereof mailed to said next of kin, spouse if any, and the said other persons likely to hear from the absentee as shown by the petition. Upon the hearing the court shall appoint a trustee if satisfied of the truth of the allegations of the petition and that there is property of the absentee within the state subject to being lost or dissipated unless a trustee is appointed to manage and conserve the same.History: L. 1963, ch. 301, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 51; Jan. 1, 1966.
KS Stat § 59-2703 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 27 - Estates Of Absentees|59-2703 Powers and duties of trustee.

59-2703. Powers and duties of trustee. The provisions of the laws applicable to the oath, bond, inventory, accountings, debts, liabilities, powers, duties and discharge of conservators shall govern in the administration and management of the estates of such absentees and the trustees thereof.History: L. 1963, ch. 301, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 52; Jan. 1, 1966.
KS Stat § 59-2704 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 27 - Estates Of Absentees|59-2704 Absentee presumed dead; presumption of death involving a catastrophic event or disaster.

59-2704. Absentee presumed dead; presumption of death involving a catastrophic event or disaster. (a) An absentee shall be presumed to be dead for the purposes of this act if:(1) The absentee shall remain unheard from by those persons most likely to hear from such absentee for a period of not less than five years; and(2) one or more persons who had a bona fide motive for locating the absentee have conducted a diligent search for the absentee in all places where such absentee's presence could reasonably be expected.(b) If no such search has been made with reference to an absentee who has been unheard from for more than five years and for whose estate a trustee has been appointed in accordance with this act, the district court may on the court's own motion order the trustee to conduct such search under the direction of the court and pay the reasonable expenses thereof out of the estate.(c) Absentees missing as a result of a catastrophic event or disaster shall be presumed dead under K.S.A. 59-2708, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1963, ch. 301, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 66; L. 1993, ch. 193, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 71, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2706 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 27 - Estates Of Absentees|59-2706 Estates now pending.

59-2706. Estates now pending. As to any estates of absentees in the process of administration at the time this act takes effect under article 40 of chapter 60 of the General Statutes of 1949, if no permanent conservator has heretofore been appointed under said act, the administration thereof shall proceed after the effective date of this act in accordance herewith. If a permanent conservator has been appointed prior to the effective date of this act, said administration shall be continued in accordance with said article 40 as it has previously existed until said administration is finally concluded.History: L. 1963, ch. 301, § 6; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 59-2707 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 27 - Estates Of Absentees|59-2707 Act supplemental.

59-2707. Act supplemental. This act shall be and construed as a part of and supplemental to the Kansas probate code.History: L. 1963, ch. 301, § 7; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 59-2801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 28 - Special Personal Representatives|59-2801 Representative for purpose of receiving and managing certain public assistance payments; petition.

59-2801. Representative for purpose of receiving and managing certain public assistance payments; petition. If any otherwise qualified applicant for, or recipient of old age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or payee in the case of aid to dependent children, is or shall become unable to manage the assistance payments, or otherwise fails so to manage, to the extent that deprivation or hazard to such applicant or recipient or others results, or, in the case of aid to dependent children, the payment is not being used for the children, a petition may be filed by the secretary for children and families wherein the applicant or recipient has residence before the district court of that county in the form of a verified written application for the appointment of a personal representative not an employee of the Kansas department for children and families, for the purpose of receiving and managing public assistance payments for any such recipient or payee, which verified application shall allege one or more of the above grounds for the legal appointment of such representative.History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 68; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 206; L. 2015, ch. 42, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 28 - Special Personal Representatives|59-2802 Same; hearing, notice; findings of fact; confidential report.

59-2802. Same; hearing, notice; findings of fact; confidential report. The court shall summarily order a hearing on the petition and shall cause the applicant, recipient, or payee to be notified at least five (5) days in advance of the time and place for the hearing. Findings of fact shall be made by the court without a jury. The court may require the county department of social welfare to furnish a report containing any information necessary and this report is and shall remain confidential. Such reports and findings of fact under this section shall not be competent as evidence in any case or proceeding dealing with any subject matter other than provided in this act.History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 28 - Special Personal Representatives|59-2803 Court order; appointment; effect.

59-2803. Court order; appointment; effect. If the court shall find that the applicant, recipient, or payee is unable to manage the assistance payments, or otherwise fails so to manage, to the extent that deprivation or hazard to himself or herself or others results, or, in case of aid to dependent children, the payment is not being used for the children, the court may thereupon enter an order embracing said findings and appointing some responsible person not an employee of the secretary for children and families, as personal representative of the applicant, recipient or payee for the purpose set forth herein. The appointment shall not have the effect of adjudication that the applicant, recipient or payee is an incapacitated person.History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 53; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 207; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2804 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 28 - Special Personal Representatives|59-2804 Bond; accountings; removal.

59-2804. Bond; accountings; removal. The court, in its discretion at the time of the appointment or subsequently, may require the personal representative to execute and file a bond to assure the faithful performance of the duties required. An accounting by the personal representative shall be made within such period of time as shall be established by rule of the supreme court and either the court or the county department of social welfare may require additional accountings at such intervals as it considers necessary. Failure to render such accounts and to account satisfactorily for all proceeds received shall be sufficient cause for the dismissal of the personal representative, and the personal representative so appointed may be removed by the court upon the petition of such representative and another representative appointed.History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 54; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2805 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 28 - Special Personal Representatives|59-2805 Same; records.

59-2805. Same; records. The court may, for the purpose of this act, direct the director of the county department of social welfare to maintain records pertaining to all aspects of any personal representative proceeding, which the court may adopt as the court's record and in lieu of the maintenance of separate records by the court.History: L. 1963, ch. 256, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2945 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2945 Name and citation of act.

59-2945. Name and citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 59-2945 through 59-2986 and amendments thereto shall be known and may be cited as the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 1; Apr. 18.
KS Stat § 59-2947 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2947 Computation of time.

59-2947. Computation of time. (a) In computing the date upon or by which any act must be done or hearing held by under provisions of this article, the day on which an act or event occurred and from which a designated period of time is to be calculated shall not be included, but the last day in a designated period of time shall be included unless that day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which case the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday shall be considered to be the last day.(b) Unless the court orders otherwise, if the clerk's office is inaccessible on the last day for filing, then the time for filing is extended to the first accessible day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.(c) "Legal holiday" means any day declared a holiday by the president of the United States, the congress of the United States or the legislature of this state, or any day observed by order of the Kansas supreme court. A half holiday is considered as other days and not as a holiday.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 60; July 1.Revisor's Note:Section was also amended by L. 2010, ch. 11, § 11, but that version was repealed by L. 2010, ch. 135, § 225.
KS Stat § 59-2948 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2948 Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act.

59-2948. Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act. (a) The fact that a person may have voluntarily accepted any form of psychiatric treatment, or become subject to a court order entered under authority of this act, shall not be construed to mean that such person shall have lost any civil right they otherwise would have as a resident or citizen, any property right or their legal capacity, except as may be specified within any court order or as otherwise limited by the provisions of this act or the reasonable rules and regulations which the head of a treatment facility may for good cause find necessary to make for the orderly operations of that facility. No person held in custody under the provisions of this act shall be denied the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus.(b) There shall be no implication or presumption that a patient within the terms of this act is for that reason alone a person in need of a guardian or a conservator as provided for in K.S.A. 59-3050 through 59-3095, and amendments thereto.(c) A person who is a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendments thereto, or a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-29b46, and amendments thereto, shall be subject to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6301, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 4; L. 2002, ch. 114, § 63; L. 2006, ch. 210, § 15; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 209; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2950 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2950 Discharge of a voluntary patient.

59-2950. Discharge of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility shall discharge any voluntary patient whose treatment in the facility is determined by the head of the treatment facility to have reached maximum benefit. Prior to the discharge, the head of the treatment facility shall give written notice of the date and time of the discharge to the patient and, if appropriate, to the patient's parent, legal guardian or other person known to the head of the treatment facility to be interested in the care and welfare of a minor patient.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 6; Apr. 18.
KS Stat § 59-2951 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2951 Right to discharge of voluntary patient; procedure.

59-2951. Right to discharge of voluntary patient; procedure. (a) A voluntary patient shall be entitled to be discharged from a treatment facility, by the head of the treatment facility, by no later than the third day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after receipt of the patient's written request for discharge. If the voluntary patient is a patient in a state psychiatric hospital, that hospital shall immediately give either oral or facsimile notice to the participating mental health center serving the area where the patient intends to reside and shall consider any recommendations from that mental health center which may be received prior to the time set for discharge as specified in the notice.(b) (1) If the voluntary patient is an adult admitted upon the application of a legal guardian or pursuant to an order of the court issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3077, and amendments thereto, any request for discharge must be made, in writing, by the legal guardian.(2) If the voluntary patient is a minor, the written request for discharge shall be made by the child's parent or legal guardian except if the minor was admitted upon their own written application to become a voluntary patient made pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2949 and amendments thereto, then the minor may make the request. In the case of a minor 14 or more years of age who had made written application to become a voluntary patient on their own behalf and who has requested to be discharged, the head of the treatment facility shall promptly inform the child's parent, legal guardian, or other person known to the head of the treatment facility to be interested in the care and welfare of the minor of the minor's request for discharge.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 7; L. 2002, ch. 114, § 65; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2952 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2952 Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient.

59-2952. Petition for involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient. The head of a treatment facility or other person may file a petition pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2957 and amendments thereto seeking involuntary commitment of a voluntary patient who now lacks capacity to make an informed decision concerning treatment and who is refusing reasonable treatment efforts or has requested discharge from the treatment facility. A petition filed by the head of a state psychiatric hospital, or such person's designee, accompanied by a statement from a physician or psychologist employed at the hospital that the physician or psychologist believes the person to be a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment does not need to be accompanied by a written statement from a qualified mental health professional authorizing admission to a state psychiatric hospital.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 134, § 39; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2955 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2955 Notice of right to communicate upon admission; notice of admission; notice of rights.

59-2955. Notice of right to communicate upon admission; notice of admission; notice of rights. (a) Whenever any person is involuntarily admitted to or detained at a treatment facility pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto, or pursuant to an ex parte emergency custody order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2958 and amendments thereto, the head of the treatment facility shall:(1) Immediately advise the person in custody that such person is entitled to immediately contact the person's legal counsel, legal guardian, personal physician or psychologist, minister of religion, including a Christian Science practitioner or immediate family as defined in subsection (b) or any combination thereof. If the person desires to make such contact, the head of the treatment facility shall make available to the person reasonable means for making such immediate communication;(2) provide notice of the person's involuntary admission including a copy of the document authorizing the involuntary admission to that person's attorney or legal guardian, immediately upon learning of the existence and whereabouts of such attorney or legal guardian, unless that attorney or legal guardian was the person who signed the application resulting in the patient's admission. If authorized by the patient pursuant to K.S.A. 65-5601 through 65-5605 and amendments thereto, the head of the treatment facility also shall provide notice to the patient's immediate family, as defined in subsection (b), immediately upon learning of the existence and whereabouts of such family, unless the family member to be notified was the person who signed the application resulting in the patient's admission; and(3) immediately advise the person in custody of such person's rights provided for in K.S.A. 59-2978 and amendments thereto.(b) "Immediate family" means the spouse, adult child or children, parent or parents, and sibling or siblings, or any combination thereof.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 11; L. 1998, ch. 134, § 42; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-2956 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2956 Emergency observation; discharge.

59-2956. Emergency observation; discharge. The head of the treatment facility shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto when the ex parte emergency custody order expires, and shall discharge any person admitted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-2954 and amendments thereto not later than the close of business of the first day that the district court is open for the transaction of business after the admission date of the person, unless a district court orders that such person remain in custody under an ex parte emergency custody order issued pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 59-2958 and amendments thereto, or a temporary custody order issued pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 59-2959 and amendments thereto.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 12; Apr. 18.
KS Stat § 59-2958 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 29 - Care And Treatment For Mentally Ill Persons|59-2958 Ex parte emergency custody order.

59-2958. Ex parte emergency custody order. (a) At the time the petition for the determination of whether a person is a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment under this act is filed, or any time thereafter prior to the trial upon the petition as provided for in K.S.A. 59-2965 and amendments thereto, the petitioner may request in writing that the district court issue an ex parte emergency order including either or both of the following: (1) An order directing any law enforcement officer to take the person named in the order into custody and transport the person to a designated treatment facility or other suitable place willing to receive and detain the person; (2) an order authorizing any named treatment facility or other place to detain or continue to detain the person until the further order of the court or until the ex parte emergency custody order shall expire.(b) No ex parte emergency custody order shall provide for the detention of any person at a state psychiatric hospital unless a written statement from a qualified mental health professional authorizing such admission and detention at a state psychiatric hospital has been filed with the court.(c) No ex parte emergency custody order shall provide for the detention of any person in a nonmedical facility used for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of a crime.(d) If no other suitable facility at which such person may be detained is willing to accept the person, then the participating mental health center for that area shall provide a suitable place to detain the person until the further order of the court or until the ex parte emergency custody order shall expire.(e) An ex parte emergency custody order issued under this section shall expire at 5:00 p.m. of the second day the district court is open for the transaction of business after the date of its issuance, which expiration date shall be stated in the order.(f) The district court shall not issue successive ex parte emergency custody orders.(g) In lieu of issuing an ex parte emergency custody order, the court may allow the person with respect to whom the request was made to remain at liberty, subject to such conditions as the court may impose.History: L. 1996, ch. 167, § 14; L. 1997, ch. 152, § 6; L. 1998, ch. 134, § 44; July 1.