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  • Stepparent Adoption Challenges: When the Absent Parent Will Not Consent

    Blended families have become the norm in the U.S., with over 50% of all families today remarried or re-coupled.  As…

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  • How to Determine Whether Stepparent Adoption is Right For You

    For the millions of blended households across the U.S., stepparent adoption can offer a way of uniting families in a…

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  • Should Mental Illness be a Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in Kansas?

    Back in 2009, Mindi, a 25 year old new mother, experienced what doctors later determined was a psychotic episode.  She…

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  • Financial Resources for Kansas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

    Nationwide, approximately 5.8 million children are living with their grandparents.  Grandparents often end up raising their grandkids because the parents…

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  • Assisting Your Adult Disabled Child Through a Conservatorship: Part II

    Conservatorships can provide the parents of adult disabled children the legal protection they need.  Absent a conservatorship, when your disabled…

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  • Establishing Legal Rights Over Your Grandchild: Power of Attorney

    While the term “grandparent’s rights” often brings to mind grandparents who have been denied visitation with their grandchild, grandparent’s rights…

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  • Assisting Your Adult Disabled Child Through a Conservatorship: Part I

    When your special needs child turns 18, he or she is deemed to be a legally competent adult, with full…

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  • What Every Kansas Grandparent Should Know About Grandparent’s Rights

    Your legal rights as a grandparent will vary depending upon the type of relationship you have with your grandchild as…

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  • Kansas’s Foster Care Crisis: Part II

    Thousands of children are entering Kansas’s overwhelmed foster care system, and fewer are exiting the system into the arms of…

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  • Kansas’s Foster Care Crisis: Part I

    Over the last few years, a record number of children have entered Kansas’s foster care system.  Sadly, at the same…

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