Kansas Statutes 20-335. Abolishment of certain courts; transfer of records; certain officers of abolished courts to become employees of district court
(a) On January 10, 1977, the following courts of limited jurisdiction shall be and are hereby abolished:
(1) County courts established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-802 or 20-802a;
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 20-335
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights to them and interest in them, equitable as well as legal. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(2) city courts established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 20-1424, 20-1424a, 20-1501, 20-1601 or 20-2403;
(3) magistrate courts established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 20-1801, 20-1901, 20-2501, 20-2521 or 20-2541;
(4) courts of common pleas established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 1975 Supp. 20-2001;
(5) juvenile courts established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-803; and
(6) probate courts established pursuant to section 8 of article 3 of the Kansas constitution, prior to the revision of such article in 1972.
(b) On January 10, 1977, the judge or judges of each of the courts designated in subsection (a) shall transfer all books, records, papers, files, dockets and documents of such court to the district court of the county in which such court is located, and such books, records, papers, files, dockets and documents shall become the property of said district court. All actions and proceedings commenced in any court designated in subsection (a) prior to January 10, 1977, including all pleadings, motions, orders, judgments and other papers therein, shall become actions and proceedings of the district court of the county in which such court is located. Any judgment of a court designated in subsection (a) shall not become a lien on real property by virtue of the transfer of documents pursuant to this subsection unless the court rendering such judgment was a court of record immediately prior to January 10, 1977. Nothing herein shall preclude a party in whose favor a judgment is rendered by a court designated in subsection (a) from filing a transcript of such judgment with the clerk of the district court in the manner provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-2202, and amendments thereto, and in such event such judgment shall become a lien on real property as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-2202, and amendments thereto.
(c) Any person who was elected at the general election of 1974 for a four-year term of office as an officer, other than a judge, of a court specified in subsection (a), which office is abolished by this act on January 10, 1977, shall become an employee of the district court and shall have such duties as may be prescribed by the chief judge thereof and shall receive compensation which is not less than that prescribed for such office until January 10, 1979.