11 Kansas opinions name it 1 courts 2020–2025 10 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Kansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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| No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kansas. | ||
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kansas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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In Re Interests of M.S.
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2 sentences2025K.S.A. 38-2269(b)(7) "'The purpose of the reasonable efforts requirement is to provide a parent the opportunity to succeed, but to do so the parent must exert some effort.'" In re M.S., 56 Kan. 2024(Emphasis added.) This court has previously explained that the "'purpose of the reasonable efforts requirement is to provide a parent the opportunity to succeed, but to do so the parent must exert some effort.'" (Emphasis added.) In re M.S., 56 Kan. | 11 | 2020–2025 |
In the Interest of M.H.
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1 sentence2024App. 2d 1162, 1173 , 337 P.3d 711 (2014), this court found that a father's failure to take initiative to complete his case plan tasks was not the agency's fault. "'The purpose of the reasonable efforts requirement is to provide a parent the opportunity to succeed, but to do so the parent must exert some effort.'" In re M.S., 56 Kan. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.