Court Opinion

ID: 9791763
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:17:16.038369+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:38.347128
License: Public Domain

Schroeder, J.,
dissenting: The provisions of K. S. A. 1970 Supp. 38-101 are clear and unambiguous. The section reads:
“The period of minority extends in males and females to the age of twenty-one (21) years: Provided, That every person eighteen (18) years of age or over who is or has been married, shall be considered of the age of majority in all matters relating to contracts, property rights and liabilities, and the capacity to sue and be sued.” (Emphasis added.)
It specifically declares persons eighteen years of age or over who are or have been married shall be considered of the age of majority in matters relating to the capacity to sue and be sued.
The extended discussion undertaken by this court to explain away this language is not convincing.
It is respectfully submitted a statute such as 38-101, supra, cannot so lightly be written out of the statute books. In my opinion the defendant’s motion for summary judgment should have been sustained.
Fontron, J., joins in the foregoing dissent.