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KS Stat § 59-3079 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3079 Conservatorship plan; contents; effectuation; revision.

59-3079. Conservatorship plan; contents; effectuation; revision. (a) At any time, the court may require the conservator, or the conservator may at any time choose, to develop and file with the court a plan for the administration of the conservatee's estate. This plan shall be developed consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 59-3078, and amendments thereto. This plan may provide for, but need not be limited to providing for:(1) What autonomy the conservatee will have with regard to keeping and utilizing any earnings from employment or gifts which the conservatee may have or receive; and(2) what responsibility the conservator shall have with regard to protecting the eligibility of the conservatee for any type of public or other benefit.(b) If required by the court, the court may set a date by which this conservatorship plan shall be filed with the court. Otherwise, the conservator may at any time file a plan with the court. Upon the filing of a plan, the court may require the conservator to give notice thereof to such persons as the court directs. Any interested party may request that the court conduct a hearing concerning any plan filed with the court. The court may require the conservator to amend or withdraw any plan filed.(c) Any conservatorship plan filed with the court shall be effectuated by the conservator to the maximum extent possible consistent with any changing circumstances of the conservatee. Within each accounting submitted to the court as the court directs pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3083, and amendments thereto, the conservator shall explain any actions taken in deviance from the plan and the reasons therefor.(d) At any time deemed appropriate by the conservator, the conservator may file a revised conservatorship plan consistent with the provisions of this section.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 30; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3082 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3082 Claims against conservatee's estate; petition; contents; notice; hearing; order for payment.

59-3082. Claims against conservatee's estate; petition; contents; notice; hearing; order for payment. (a) Any person having a claim for payment against the conservatee or the conservatee's estate, other than for any tort for which the claimant has not been awarded judgment, or any person having a claim for payment for any goods or services provided to the conservatee or the conservatee's estate by the claimant in reliance upon actions or the authority of the conservator, may file with the court a verified petition requesting payment for such. The petition shall include:(1) The petitioner's name and address;(2) the conservator's name and address;(3) the amount of the claim, and the factual basis upon which the petitioner makes this claim;(4) a statement that demand for payment of the claim has been made upon the conservator, but that the conservator refuses or has failed to pay the claim; and(5) a request that the court determine that the claim is owed to the petitioner, and for an order of the court directing the conservator to pay the claim.(b) Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall issue an order fixing the date, time and place of a hearing on the petition. The court shall require the petitioner to give notice of this hearing to the conservator and to such other persons as the court may direct. The court may appoint an attorney to represent the conservatee in this matter similarly as provided for in subsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 59-3063, and amendments thereto.(c) At the completion of the hearing, if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the petitioner is owed the claim, or some part thereof, the court shall issue an order to the conservator to pay the same from the conservatee's estate, or to pay so much of the claim as the court allows, and to include such in the conservator's next report and accounting. Otherwise, the court shall deny the petitioner's request.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 33; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3092 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3092 Termination of guardianship or conservatorship.

59-3092. Termination of guardianship or conservatorship. (a) The court at any time may enter an order summarily terminating the guardianship in any of the following circumstances:(1) the ward is deceased;(2) the ward, who was a minor and not adjudicated to be a minor with an impairment which would otherwise make that minor an adult with an impairment in need of a guardian, has become 18 years of age, has had the rights of majority conferred upon them pursuant to K.S.A. 38-108, and amendments thereto, or is now considered to be of the age of majority pursuant to K.S.A. 38-101, and amendments thereto; or(3) no further need for the guardianship exists.(b) At any time the court may enter an order summarily terminating the conservatorship in any of the following circumstances:(1) The conservatee is deceased and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, as applicable; or(2) no further need for the conservatorship exists and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto.(c) At any time the court may enter an order summarily terminating the voluntary conservatorship in any of the following circumstances;(1) The conservatee has filed a verified petition pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, requesting the termination of the conservatorship and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, as applicable;(2) the conservatee has been adjudicated an adult with an impairment in need of a conservator by a court of competent jurisdiction either within this or another state, and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, as applicable;(3) no further need for the conservatorship exists and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, as applicable; or(4) the conservatee is deceased and the court has issued orders consistent with the requirements of subsection (j) of K.S.A. 59-3091, and amendments thereto, as applicable.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 43; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3093 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3093 Confidentiality of medical records and other reports; penalty.

59-3093. Confidentiality of medical records and other reports; penalty. (a) The court at any time, upon the request of any party or upon the court's own motion, may issue a written order directing that any medical or treatment records, evaluations or investigative reports filed with the court, attached to any pleading, produced in response to any order issued by the court, or introduced in evidence, shall be separately maintained in a confidential manner, to be disclosed only:(1) Upon the written consent or request of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee, if no guardian or conservator is appointed by the court;(2) upon the written consent of the guardian or conservator;(3) upon the written consent of the former ward or former conservatee, if restored to capacity pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3090, and amendments thereto;(4) upon the order of any court of record after a determination has been made by the court that such records or reports are necessary for the conduct of proceedings before the court and are otherwise admissible as evidence;(5) to any state or national accreditation agency or for a scholarly study, but the court shall require, before such disclosure is made, a pledge from that state or national accreditation agency or scholarly investigator that such agency or investigator will not disclose the name of any patient or former patient to any person not otherwise authorized by law to receive such information; or(6) in proceedings under this act, upon the written request of any attorney representing any party.(b) To the extent the provisions of K.S.A. 65-5601 through 65-5605, or K.S.A. 59-2979 or 59-29b79, and amendments thereto, are applicable to medical or treatment records of any patient or former patient who may be the subject of proceedings under this act, the provisions of K.S.A. 65-5601 through 65-5605 or K.S.A. 59-2979 or 59-29b79, and amendments thereto, as applicable, shall control the disposition of information contained in such records. Willful violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 44; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3094 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3094 Costs of proceedings; payment.

59-3094. Costs of proceedings; payment. (a) In each proceeding the court shall allow and order paid to any individual or institution as a part of the costs thereof a reasonable fee and expenses for any professional services ordered performed by the court pursuant to this act other than those performed by any individual or institution under the jurisdiction of the Kansas department for children and families, but including the fee of counsel for the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee when counsel is appointed by the court. The court may allow and order paid the fee of counsel for the petitioner and any respondent. Other costs and fees may be allowed and paid as are allowed by law for similar services in other cases. The costs shall be taxed to the estate of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee, to those bound by law to support the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee, to other parties whenever it would be just and equitable to do so, or to the county of residence of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee as the court having venue shall direct.(b) In any contested proceeding or matter the court, in its discretion, may require one or more parties to give security for the costs thereof, or in lieu thereof to file a poverty affidavit as provided for in the code of civil procedure.(c) Any district court receiving a statement of costs from another district court shall approve the same for payment out of the general fund of its county except that it may refuse to approve the same for payment only on the grounds that the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee is not a resident of that county. In such case it shall transmit the statement of costs to the secretary for children and families who shall determine the question of residence and certify those findings to each district court. If the claim for costs is not paid within 30 days after such certification, an action may be maintained thereon by the claimant county in the district court of the claimant county against the debtor county. The findings made by the secretary for children and families as to the residence of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee shall be applicable only to the assessment of costs. Any county of residence which pays from its general fund court costs to the district court of another county may recover the same in any court of competent jurisdiction from the estate of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee or from those bound by law to support the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or ward or conservatee, unless the court finds that the proceedings in which such costs were incurred were instituted without good cause and not in good faith.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 45; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 230; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3095 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3095 Effect of 2002 amendments.

59-3095. Effect of 2002 amendments. (a) Any person who has been adjudged a disabled person prior to the effective date of this act and who has not been restored to capacity, for the purposes of this act, shall be considered to be either:(1) An adult with an impairment in need of a guardian or conservator, or both;(2) a minor in need of a guardian or conservator, or both;(3) a minor with an impairment in need of a guardian or conservator, or both;(4) a person previously adjudged as impaired in another state; or(5) a person in need of an ancillary conservator.(b) Within one year from the effective date of this act, any person with an interest in the matter may file a verified petition requesting that the court determine whether the ward or conservatee meets the definition of impaired as contained within this act, or meets the requirements of being in need of a guardian or conservator. Thereafter, all proceedings shall be as provided for in this act.(c) No act of a guardian or conservator performed prior to the effective date of this act, which was performed in compliance with any provision of the act for obtaining a guardian or conservator, or both, in effect prior to the effective date of this act, shall be deemed unlawful because of any provision of this act.(d) Upon and after the effective date of this act, all acts of any guardian or conservator appointed by any court prior to the effective date of this act shall comply with the provisions of this act.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 46; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3096 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3096 Severability.

59-3096. Severability. If any provision of this act for obtaining a guardian or a conservator, or both, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect with the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.History: L. 2002, ch. 114, § 80; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3097 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 30 - Guardians Or Conservators|59-3097 Guardianship or conservatorship orders; full faith and credit.

59-3097. Guardianship or conservatorship orders; full faith and credit. Orders establishing and governing a guardianship or conservatorship, or both, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of any other state, regardless of the specific terminology used in that state's laws, shall be given full faith and credit within this state, except when doing so would be in specific violation of any law of this state.History: L. 2010, ch. 52, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 31 - Uniform Testamentary Additions To Trusts Act|59-3101 Testamentary additions to trusts.

59-3101. Testamentary additions to trusts. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 59-1701, a devise or bequest, the validity of which is determinable by the law of this state, may be made by a will to the trustee or trustees of a trust established or to be established by the testator or by the testator and some other person or persons or by some other person or persons (including a funded or unfunded life insurance trust, although the trustor has reserved any or all rights of ownership of the insurance contracts) if the trust is identified in the testator's will and its terms are set forth in a written instrument (other than a will) executed before or concurrently with the execution of the testator's will or in the valid last will of a person who has predeceased the testator (regardless of the existence, size, or character of the corpus of the trust). The devise or bequest shall not be invalid because the trust is amendable or revocable, or both, or because the trust was amended after the execution of the will or after the death of the testator. Unless the testator's will provides otherwise, the property so devised or bequeathed (a) shall not be deemed to be held under a testamentary trust of the testator but shall become a part of the trust to which it is given, and (b) shall be administered and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the instrument or will setting forth the terms of the trust, including any amendments thereto made before the death of the testator (regardless of whether made before or after the execution of the testator's will) and, if the testator's will so provides, including any amendments to the trust made after the death of the testator. A revocation or termination of the trust before the death of the testator shall cause the devise or bequest to lapse.History: L. 1968, ch. 203, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 31 - Uniform Testamentary Additions To Trusts Act|59-3102 Effect on prior wills.

59-3102. Effect on prior wills. This act shall have no effect upon any devise or bequest made by a will executed prior to the effective date of this act.History: L. 1968, ch. 203, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 31 - Uniform Testamentary Additions To Trusts Act|59-3103 Uniformity of interpretation.

59-3103. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History: L. 1968, ch. 203, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 31 - Uniform Testamentary Additions To Trusts Act|59-3104 Short title.

59-3104. Short title. This act may be cited as the "uniform testamentary additions to trusts act."History: L. 1968, ch. 203, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 31 - Uniform Testamentary Additions To Trusts Act|59-3105 Supplemental to and part of the probate code.

59-3105. Supplemental to and part of the probate code. This act shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas probate code.History: L. 1968, ch. 203, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 32 - Simplified Estates Act|59-3201 Citation of act.

59-3201. Citation of act. K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206, inclusive, shall be named and may be cited as the Kansas simplified estates act.History: L. 1975, ch. 299, § 29; Jan. 1, 1976.
KS Stat § 59-3202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 32 - Simplified Estates Act|59-3202 Administration as simplified estate or supervised estate; determination by court.

59-3202. Administration as simplified estate or supervised estate; determination by court. On the hearing of a petition for the appointment of an administrator or for the probate of a will where administration is sought under the Kansas simplified estates act, the court shall determine whether the estate shall be administered as a simplified estate or as a supervised estate. In making such determination, the court may consider the size of the estate; the degree of kinship of the heirs, devisees and persons seeking appointment; the solvency of the estate; the nature of the estate; the wishes of the heirs and devisees; the probable cost of estate administration and settlement; and any other pertinent matters.History: L. 1975, ch. 299, § 30; Jan. 1, 1976.
KS Stat § 59-3203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 32 - Simplified Estates Act|59-3203 Administration as simplified estate; applicable procedure.

59-3203. Administration as simplified estate; applicable procedure. (a) If the court has determined that the estate shall be administered as a simplified estate, further proceedings shall be under the provisions of the Kansas simplified estates act with the following exceptions:(1) If letters issued under the Kansas simplified estates act are revoked, pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3206; or(2) if pursuant to K.S.A. 59-3205, the executor or administrator petitions the court for a notice, judicial determination of a single proceeding or an act in the estate, but does not seek supervised administration.(b) All procedures, notices, bonds, hearings and appeals under the Kansas simplified estates act shall proceed as set out under other provisions of the Kansas probate code, unless otherwise provided herein.(c) All letters testamentary and letters of administration issued pursuant to the Kansas simplified estates act shall be designated on their face as letters testamentary or letters of administration issued under the Kansas simplified estates act.(d) No provision of the Kansas simplified estates act shall be construed to eliminate any required notice of petition to sell, lease or mortgage real property.History: L. 1975, ch. 299, § 31; L. 1976, ch. 245, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 32 - Simplified Estates Act|59-3204 Executor or administrator; duties.

59-3204. Executor or administrator; duties. (a) The executor or administrator appointed under the Kansas simplified estates act shall collect the decedent's assets, file an inventory and valuation, pay claims of creditors, and pay taxes owed by the decedent or the decedent's estate in the manner provided by law.(b) The executor or administrator may sell, liquidate or exchange personal property of the estate not specifically bequeathed. Payment of creditors' claims and sale, liquidation or exchange of personal property hereunder shall not require court supervision.(c) The executor or administrator may make a distribution of a bequest or of the residue of the estate prior to the closing of the estate, and such executor or administrator may require a redelivery bond equal to the value of the property distributed.History: L. 1975, ch. 299, § 32; L. 1982, ch. 235, § 5; L. 2000, ch. 76, § 8; L. 2010, ch. 44, § 26; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-3205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 32 - Simplified Estates Act|59-3205 Court supervision not required; exceptions; order to close estate.

59-3205. Court supervision not required; exceptions; order to close estate. After an estate has been opened under the Kansas simplified estates act and letters testamentary or letters of administration under this act have been issued, no further court supervision is necessary or required until the court orders the estate closed except: (a) When the administrator or executor petitions the court for a judicial determination of any proceeding or act in the estate, but does not seek supervised administration for the remainder of the administration and the petition is granted; or (b) when the change to supervised administration is made, as provided in K.S.A. 59-3206 and amendments thereto.When the time for the filing of claims has expired, the time in which an appeal may be taken from an order admitting or refusing to admit a will to probate has expired and six months from the date of decedent's death have expired, the court may order the estate closed as provided in K.S.A. 59-2247 and 59-2249, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1975, ch. 299, § 33; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 56; July 1.