2006 Kansas Code - 59-2401

      59-2401.   Appealable orders, when; bond. (a) An appeal may be taken within 30 days from the date of entry of any of the following orders, judgments, decrees and decisions:

      (1)   An order admitting or refusing to admit a will to probate.

      (2)   An order appointing, refusing to appoint, removing or refusing to remove a fiduciary other than a special administrator.

      (3)   An order setting apart or refusing to set apart a homestead or other property, or making or refusing to make an allowance of exempt property to the spouse and minor children.

      (4)   An order determining, refusing to determine, transferring or refusing to transfer venue.

      (5)   An order allowing or disallowing a demand, in whole or in part, when the amount in controversy exceeds $500.

      (6)   An order authorizing, refusing to authorize, confirming or refusing to confirm the sale, lease or mortgage of real estate.

      (7)   Judgments for waste.

      (8)   An order directing or refusing to direct a conveyance or lease of real estate under contract.

      (9)   An order directing or refusing to direct the payment of a legacy or distributive share.

      (10)   An order allowing or refusing to allow an account of a fiduciary or any part thereof.

      (11)   A judgment or decree of partial or final distribution.

      (12)   An order compelling or refusing to compel a legatee or distributee to refund.

      (13)   An order directing or refusing to direct an allowance for the expenses of administration.

      (14)   An order vacating or refusing to vacate a previous appealable order, judgment, decree or decision.

      (15)   A decree determining or refusing to determine the heirs, devisees and legatees.

      (16)   An order adjudging a person in contempt.

      (17)   An order adjudging or refusing to adjudge a person an impaired person.

      (18)   The granting or refusing to grant an order for treatment.

      (19)   An order granting or denying restoration to capacity.

      (20)   An order granting or denying discharge.

      (21)   An order finding or refusing to find that there is a valid consent to a will.

      (22)   An order finding or refusing to find that there is a valid settlement agreement.

      (23)   An order decreeing or refusing to decree an adoption.

      (24)   A final order, decision or judgment in any probate proceeding.

      (b)   Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 60-2103 and amendments thereto relating to bonds, the appellant, other than the state or municipality or a fiduciary appealing on behalf of the estate, shall file in the court from which the appeal is taken a bond in such sum and with such sureties as may be fixed and approved by the court, conditioned that the appellant will without unnecessary delay prosecute the appeal and pay all sums, damages and costs that may be adjudged against the appellant.

      (c)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, appeals taken pursuant to this section shall be taken in the manner provided by chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated for other civil cases.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 180, § 269; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 48; L. 1976, ch. 243, § 43; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 55; L. 1977, ch. 112, § 18; L. 1987, ch. 211, § 3; L. 2000, ch. 25, § 8; L. 2002, ch. 114, § 61; July 1.