Kansas Statutes 60-4404. Cause of action for injunctive relief against person about to violate assisting suicide law
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-4404
- 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.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) A cause of action for injunctive relief may be maintained against any person who is reasonably believed to be about to violate or who is in the course of violating Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5407, and amendments thereto, by any person who is:
(1) The spouse, parent, child or sibling of the person who would commit suicide.
(2) Entitled to inherit from the person who would commit suicide.
(3) A health care provider of the person who would commit suicide.
(4) A public official with appropriate jurisdiction to prosecute or enforce the laws of this state.