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K.S.A. § 38-101

Period of minority

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38-101. Period of minority. The period of minority extends in all persons to the age of eighteen (18) years, except that every person sixteen (16) years of age or over who is or has been married shall be considered of the age of majority in all matters relating to contracts, property rights, liabilities and the capacity to sue and be sued.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 67, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 229, § 1; R.S. 1923, 38-101; L. 1965, ch. 274, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 161, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 155, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1944–2026 · leading case: State v. Mossman
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State v. Mossman (2012) kan “See K.S.A. 38-101 (defining the period of minority as 18 years for unmarried persons).”
Aid for Women v. Foulston (2006) ca10 “See Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-101 (“The period of minority extends in all persons to the age of eighteen (18) years, except that every person sixteen (16) years of age or over who is or has been married shall be considered of the age of majority in all matters relating to .”
Pfeifer v. Federal Express Corp. (2013) kan “And it declined to follow K.S.A. 1970 Supp. 38-101, which defined the period of minority and the effect of marriage of persons between the ages of 18 and 20 on the rights to sue or be sued, contract, or hold property.”
In Re Pace (1999) kanctapp · cites it 6× “K.S.A. 38-101 states: “The period of minority extends in all persons to the age of eighteen (18) years, except that every person sixteen (16) years of age or over who is or has been married shall be considered of the age of majority in all matters relating to contracts, property…”
Gifford v. Saunders (1971) kan · cites it 4× “) Notwithstanding the express provision of 60-515 ( a ), that the running of the statute is tolled with respect to any person "within the age of twenty-one years," defendant claims the tolling of the statute was terminated under the provisions of K.S.A. 1970 Supp. 38-101 by the…”
James Farmer v. State of Florida (2019) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “2 (2018); Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 38-101 , -102 (2018); Ky.”
State v. Ruggles (2013) kan “, juveniles) traditionally considered as having a lesser culpability for criminal actions and, thus, less deserving of the harshest penalties—there is nothing distinguishable about the category of offender to which Ruggles belongs (i.”
In Re the Marriage Schoby (2000) kan “” K.S.A. 38-101 governs the period of minority: “The period of minority extends in all persons to the age of eighteen (18) years, except diat every person sixteen (16) years of age or over who is or has been married shall be considered of the age of majority in all matters…”
Sillman v. Sillman (1975) conn “affect any right which accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, nor any proceeding commenced, under or by virtue of the statute repealed.”
Wilson v. Kansas Children's Home & Service League (1944) kan · cites it 2× “Our statute as to the age of majority reads: “That the period of minority extends in males and females to the age of twenty-one years: Provided, That every legally married person over eighteen years of age, while such marriage relation exists, shall be considered of the age of…”
Mohr v. Tatro (In Re Tatro) (2008) ksb “§ 59-3051 (j) and § 38-101. 27 . Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-3053 (a) (Emphasis added).”
Smith v. Miller (1973) kan “(K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 38-101; and K.S.A. 1972 Supp.”
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