2006 Kansas Code - 38-1591

      38-1591.   Appeals; procedure; verification. (a) An appeal may be taken by any interested party from any adjudication, disposition, termination of parental rights or order of temporary custody in any proceedings pursuant to this code.

      (b)   An appeal from an order entered by a district magistrate judge shall be to a district judge. The appeal shall be heard within 30 days from the date the notice of appeal is filed. If no record was made of the proceedings, the trial shall be de novo.

      (c)   Procedure on appeal shall be governed by article 21 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

      (d)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, appeals under this section shall have priority over all other cases.

      (e)   Every notice of appeal, docketing statement and brief shall be verified by the interested party if the party has been personally served at any time during the proceedings. Failure to have the required verification shall result in the dismissal of the appeal.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 182, § 56; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 81; L. 1994, ch. 301, § 10; L. 2000, ch. 150, § 22; June 1.