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K.S.A. § 59-507 (2026)

No spouse, child or issue of the decedent

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59-507. No spouse, child or issue of the decedent. If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, child, or issue, but leaves a surviving parent or surviving parents, all of his or her property shall pass to such surviving parent, or in equal shares to such surviving parents, but if the decedent is an adopted child such property shall pass to his or her adoptive parent or parents in like manner including a natural parent who is the spouse of an adoptive parent.

History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 29; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: Shelton v. DeWitte, 26 P.3d 650 (Kan. 2001).
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Shelton v. DeWitte, 26 P.3d 650 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 2× “The controlling statute for the fact situation here is K.S.A. 59-507. If a decedent leaves no surviving spouse, child, or issue, “but leaves a surviving parent .”
Barnes v. Robison, 712 F. Supp. 873 (D. Kan. 1989). “K.S.A. 59-507. For Philip’s heirs at law to be his siblings, his parents would also have to be deceased.”
In Re Ingold, 610 P.2d 130 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). “, her rights of inheritance under the rules of intestate succession (see K.S.A. 59-507) and her right to veto, withhold consent to, adoption of the child (see K.”
Yoder v. Yoder, 721 P.2d 294 (Kan. Ct. App. 1986). “60-1610(a)(4)(B); the right to inherit from the child, K.S.A. 59-507; the right to grant consent to an adoption, K.”
Franklin James Osborn, O. v. Anderson, 431 P.3d 875 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). “K.S.A. 59-507. The Kansas Constitution imposes a case-or-controversy requirement for every civil action.”
Osborn v. Anderson (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). “K.S.A. 59-507. The Kansas Constitution imposes a case-or-controversy requirement for every civil action.”
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