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K.S.A. § 60-1713 (2026)

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60-1713. Construction. This act is remedial in nature and its purpose is to settle and provide relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to disputed rights, status and other legal relations and should be liberally construed and administered to achieve that purpose.

History: L. 1993, ch. 202, § 12; July 1.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2021 · leading case: Waste Connections of Kansas, Inc. v. Ritchie Corp., 298 P.3d 250 (Kan. 2013).
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Waste Connections of Kansas, Inc. v. Ritchie Corp., 298 P.3d 250 (Kan. 2013). · cites it 3× “60-1705 (court in declaratory judgment action may construe contract “in tire event of an actual or threatened breach thereof’)- Kansas statutes authorizing declaratory judgment actions are remedial and meant to be liberally construed “to settle and provide relief from…”
Solomon v. State, 364 P.3d 536 (Kan. 2015). · cites it 2× “11 conflicts with Rule 107, Solomon undoubtedly faces uncertainty and insecurity as to whether he should implement a procedure for electing a chief judge or whether he should proceed under Rule 107 and inform this court as to whether he wishes to serve another 2-year term.”
State v. Stoll, 480 P.3d 158 (Kan. 2021). “21-2506 (stating statutes relating to identification and detection of crimes and criminals are remedial and should be liberally construed); K.S.A. 60-1713 (stating statute relating to declaratory judgments are remedial and should be liberally construed).”
Kansas State Univ. v. Prince, 673 F. Supp. 2d 1287 (D. Kan. 2009). · cites it 2× “§ 60-1712; K.S.A. § 60-1713; In re Estate of Keller, 273 Kan.”
Prairie Land Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Kansas Elec. Power Coop., Inc., 323 P.3d 1270 (Kan. 2014). “In the spirit of a declaratory judgment, Prairie Land brought this action to “construe and declare the rights, status and other legal *367 relations of the parties” under the nearly identical portions of both its 1958 all-requirements contract with Sunflower and its 1977…”
In Re the Est. of Keller, 46 P.3d 1135 (Kan. 2002). “Finally, the estate points to the statutory language regarding the nature of declaratory relief; i.e., that the declaratory judgment act is “remedial in nature and its purpose is to settle and provide relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to disputed rights, status…”
Kite's Bar & Grill, Inc. v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 329 P.3d 536 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014). “See K.S.A. 60-1713 dealing with declaratory judgments (“This act is remedial in nature and its purpose is to settle and provide relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to disputed rights, status and other legal relations and should be liberally construed and…”
Solomon v. State (Kan. 2015). “11 conflicts with Rule 107, Solomon undoubtedly faces uncertainty and insecurity as to whether he should implement a procedure for electing a chief judge or whether he should proceed under Rule 107 and inform this court as to whether he wishes to serve another 2-year term.”
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