38-109.Petition for rights of majority; notice; hearing; decree.Any minor, desiring to obtain the rights of majority for the purposesnamed in the preceding section, may, by his or her next friend, file apetition in the district court of the county in which such minor shallreside, setting forth, first, the age of the minor petitioner, andthat said petitioner is then and has been a bona fide resident of suchcounty for at least one year next preceding the filing of the petition;second, the cause for which petitioner seeks to obtain the rightsof majority. Such petition shall be filed as in other cases and noticeof the hearing on said petition shall be given by publishing such noticefor three consecutive weeks in some newspaper authorized by law topublish legal notices and the time of the hearing on said petition shallbe not less than thirty days after the date of the first publication ofsaid notice.
Upon proof in open court of the truth of the allegations in suchpetition and that said petitioner is a person of sound mind and able totransact his or her own affairs and that the interest of the petitionershall be promoted thereby, the court may, in its discretion, order anddecree that the petitioner be empowered to exercise the rights ofmajority for any and all purposes mentioned in K.S.A. 38-108, or any actsamendatory thereof or supplementalthereto; and thereupon such order and decree shall be entered on therecords of said court; and thereafter all acts by said petitioner doneand performed concerning any contract, rights in action, or interests inreal or personal property, shall have the same force, validity andeffect as if made by a person of full age.
History: L. 1875, ch. 114, § 2; R.S. 1923, 38-109; L. 1943, ch. 176, § 1; June28.
38-109.Petition for rights of majority; notice; hearing; decree.Any minor, desiring to obtain the rights of majority for the purposesnamed in the preceding section, may, by his or her next friend, file apetition in the district court of the county in which such minor shallreside, setting forth, first, the age of the minor petitioner, andthat said petitioner is then and has been a bona fide resident of suchcounty for at least one year next preceding the filing of the petition;second, the cause for which petitioner seeks to obtain the rightsof majority. Such petition shall be filed as in other cases and noticeof the hearing on said petition shall be given by publishing such noticefor three consecutive weeks in some newspaper authorized by law topublish legal notices and the time of the hearing on said petition shallbe not less than thirty days after the date of the first publication ofsaid notice.
Upon proof in open court of the truth of the allegations in suchpetition and that said petitioner is a person of sound mind and able totransact his or her own affairs and that the interest of the petitionershall be promoted thereby, the court may, in its discretion, order anddecree that the petitioner be empowered to exercise the rights ofmajority for any and all purposes mentioned in K.S.A. 38-108, or any actsamendatory thereof or supplementalthereto; and thereupon such order and decree shall be entered on therecords of said court; and thereafter all acts by said petitioner doneand performed concerning any contract, rights in action, or interests inreal or personal property, shall have the same force, validity andeffect as if made by a person of full age.
History: L. 1875, ch. 114, § 2; R.S. 1923, 38-109; L. 1943, ch. 176, § 1; June28.
38-109.Petition for rights of majority; notice; hearing; decree.Any minor, desiring to obtain the rights of majority for the purposesnamed in the preceding section, may, by his or her next friend, file apetition in the district court of the county in which such minor shallreside, setting forth, first, the age of the minor petitioner, andthat said petitioner is then and has been a bona fide resident of suchcounty for at least one year next preceding the filing of the petition;second, the cause for which petitioner seeks to obtain the rightsof majority. Such petition shall be filed as in other cases and noticeof the hearing on said petition shall be given by publishing such noticefor three consecutive weeks in some newspaper authorized by law topublish legal notices and the time of the hearing on said petition shallbe not less than thirty days after the date of the first publication ofsaid notice.
Upon proof in open court of the truth of the allegations in suchpetition and that said petitioner is a person of sound mind and able totransact his or her own affairs and that the interest of the petitionershall be promoted thereby, the court may, in its discretion, order anddecree that the petitioner be empowered to exercise the rights ofmajority for any and all purposes mentioned in K.S.A. 38-108, or any actsamendatory thereof or supplementalthereto; and thereupon such order and decree shall be entered on therecords of said court; and thereafter all acts by said petitioner doneand performed concerning any contract, rights in action, or interests inreal or personal property, shall have the same force, validity andeffect as if made by a person of full age.
History: L. 1875, ch. 114, § 2; R.S. 1923, 38-109; L. 1943, ch. 176, § 1; June28.
