Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 59-2216 (2026)

Disclosure proceedings

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59-2216. Disclosure proceedings. Upon the filing of a petition by a personal representative or any person interested in the estate, alleging that any person has concealed, converted, embezzled or disposed of any property belonging to the estate of a decedent or ward, or that any person has possession or knowledge of any will or codicil of a decedent, or of any instruments in writing relating to the property of such decedent or ward, the court, upon such notice it directs, may order such person to appear before it for disclosure. Refusal to appear or submit to examination, or failure to obey any lawful order based thereon, shall constitute contempt of court.

History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 192; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 35; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1993–2013 · leading case: In re Stockwell, 295 P.3d 572 (Kan. 2013).

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In re Stockwell, 295 P.3d 572 (Kan. 2013). “] did not disclose the existence of decedent’s Will in her Petition for Administrator or in her Petition for Special Administrator, notwithstanding that she is a person with knowledge of decedent’s will and could be compelled to disclose this information under K.S.A. 59-2216.…”

In Re the Conservatorship of McRoy, 861 P.2d 1378 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). “K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 59-2216. Special provisions apply to the district court’s review of a conservator’s accountings.”

Taliaferro v. Taliaferro, 7 P.3d 1241 (Kan. 2000). “(See K.S.A. 59-2216, regarding petitions for disclosure.”

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