60-210.Form of pleadings.(a) Caption; names of parties. Every pleading shall contain acaption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, thefile number, and a designation as in K.S.A. 60-207 (a). In the petitionthe title of the action shall include the names of all the parties, but inother pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party oneach side with an appropriate indication of other parties.
(b) Paragraphs; separate statements. All averments of claim ordefense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of whichshall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set ofcircumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in allsucceeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction oroccurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in aseparate count or defense.
(c) Adoption by reference; exhibits. Statements in a pleading maybe adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or inanother pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument whichis an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.
(d) Change of name. If after an action has been commenced the nameof any party thereto changes, either before or after judgment, by reason ofmarriage, divorce, adoption, a change of name proceeding, amendment ofarticles of incorporation, the assumption of an alias or otherwise, or ifan action is mistakenly commenced against a party by a former name nolonger in use by the party, any party in interest may cause such fact to benoted of record in the action by the filing therein of a certified copy ofa marriage record, decree of divorce, amended articles of incorporation,order of adoption or change of name, or an affidavit by an informed personsetting forth any such fact. Thereafter, the use of the name as changedshall also be used in the alternative in all subsequent proceedings in suchaction.
60-210.Form of pleadings.(a) Caption; names of parties. Every pleading shall contain acaption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, thefile number, and a designation as in K.S.A. 60-207 (a). In the petitionthe title of the action shall include the names of all the parties, but inother pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party oneach side with an appropriate indication of other parties.
(b) Paragraphs; separate statements. All averments of claim ordefense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of whichshall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set ofcircumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in allsucceeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction oroccurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in aseparate count or defense.
(c) Adoption by reference; exhibits. Statements in a pleading maybe adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or inanother pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument whichis an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.
(d) Change of name. If after an action has been commenced the nameof any party thereto changes, either before or after judgment, by reason ofmarriage, divorce, adoption, a change of name proceeding, amendment ofarticles of incorporation, the assumption of an alias or otherwise, or ifan action is mistakenly commenced against a party by a former name nolonger in use by the party, any party in interest may cause such fact to benoted of record in the action by the filing therein of a certified copy ofa marriage record, decree of divorce, amended articles of incorporation,order of adoption or change of name, or an affidavit by an informed personsetting forth any such fact. Thereafter, the use of the name as changedshall also be used in the alternative in all subsequent proceedings in suchaction.
60-210.Form of pleadings.(a) Caption; names of parties. Every pleading shall contain acaption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, thefile number, and a designation as in K.S.A. 60-207 (a). In the petitionthe title of the action shall include the names of all the parties, but inother pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party oneach side with an appropriate indication of other parties.
(b) Paragraphs; separate statements. All averments of claim ordefense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of whichshall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set ofcircumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in allsucceeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction oroccurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in aseparate count or defense.
(c) Adoption by reference; exhibits. Statements in a pleading maybe adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or inanother pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument whichis an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.
(d) Change of name. If after an action has been commenced the nameof any party thereto changes, either before or after judgment, by reason ofmarriage, divorce, adoption, a change of name proceeding, amendment ofarticles of incorporation, the assumption of an alias or otherwise, or ifan action is mistakenly commenced against a party by a former name nolonger in use by the party, any party in interest may cause such fact to benoted of record in the action by the filing therein of a certified copy ofa marriage record, decree of divorce, amended articles of incorporation,order of adoption or change of name, or an affidavit by an informed personsetting forth any such fact. Thereafter, the use of the name as changedshall also be used in the alternative in all subsequent proceedings in suchaction.
