Printable Format38-817.
History: L. 1957, ch. 256, § 17; L. 1969, ch. 224, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 22; L. 1974, ch. 177, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 178, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 207, § 18; L. 1977, ch. 112, § 16; L. 1978, ch. 158, § 15; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 182, § 150; January 1, 1983.
Source or prior law:
38-405.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Applied; evidence of events subsequent to filing petition for termination of parental rights admissible; findings upheld. In re Nelson, 216 Kan. 271, 276, 531 P.2d 48.
2. Waiver hearing under K.S.A. 38-808 is quasi-criminal in nature; order appealable; appointment of counsel constitutionally required. In re Harris, 218 Kan. 625, 629, 544 P.2d 1403.
3. Cited; in a dependency and neglect proceeding court may not tax general court costs against a person who was not a parent, guardian or custodian of the child when proceeding commenced. In re Boehm, 226 Kan. 247, 248, 249, 250, 596 P.2d 1242.
4. Mentioned; parent in deprived child action is a party to the action and has right of access to the court's social file. Nunn v. Morrison, 227 Kan. 730, 734, 608 P.2d 1359.
5. The portion of subsection (a) relative to date for hearing is directory, not mandatory. In re Flournoy, 5 Kan. App. 2d 220, 221, 222, 223, 613 P.2d 970.
6. Disallowance of continuance by trial court in parental severance case not abuse of discretion; no prejudice to appellant. In re Zappa, 6 Kan. App. 2d 633, 637, 631 P.2d 1245 (1981).
7. General references to persons interested in child not sufficient authority to grant grandmother intervention in severance proceeding. Wilson & Walker v. State, 230 Kan. 49, 54, 630 P.2d 1102 (1981).
8. Parents have right to counsel in some deprived child actions even when severance of rights not involved. In re Cooper, 230 Kan. 57, 58, 60, 69, 631 P.2d 632 (1981).