Rules Open for Public Comment

107 - Duties and Powers of Chief Judge

The Supreme Court accepted public comment until July 17, 2024, on proposed amendments to Rule 107: Duties and Powers of Chief Judge. 

Generally, the rule is restyled to align with other Supreme Court rules, as well as to reflect current practices. Inaddition, amendments:

• specify that only a district judge can be appointed chief judge;

• require the chief judge, or the chief judge’s designee, to consider guidelines issued by the Office of Judicial Administration when assigning court reporters;

• revise the vacation planning section to ensure adequate coverage of the court’s caseload and the prompt discharge of the judge’s adjudicative and administrative responsibilities;

• clarify that a judge must accept assignment of a case unless the judge is disqualified under Kansas law or the Code of Judicial Conduct, or the interests of justice require the judge’s recusal; and

• revise the deadline by which the chief judge must send to the Office of Judicial Administrative a second copy of the court’s budget.

174 - Forms Required in a Child in Need of Care Proceeding

The Kansas Supreme Court accepted public comment on proposed amendments to Supreme Court Rule 174: Forms Required in a Child in Need of Care Proceeding. 

Rule 174 requires certain Kansas Judicial Council forms to be used when entering orders in child in need of care cases.

The proposed amendments expand the type and number of forms required. They also require the   judicial administrator to adopt standard operating procedures to collect data and the Supreme Court Task Force on Permanency Planning to approve any new or modified Kansas Judicial Council forms created under this rule.

1.10 and 116 - Rules Relating to Admission Pro Hac Vice

The Kansas Supreme Court accepted public comment on proposed amendments to Rule 1.10: Admission Pro Hac Vice of Out-of-State Attorney Before the Kansas Appellate Courts and Rule 116: Admission Pro Hac Vice of Out-of-State Attorney.

The proposed amendments increase the admission fee, remove the requirement to include a residential address on the verified application, and clarify the Kansas attorney must file all documents in the case.