Kaelter v. Sokol

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

An appellate court exercises unlimited review over jurisdictional issues and has a duty to question jurisdiction on its own initiative. When the record discloses a lack of jurisdiction, the appellate court must dismiss the appeal. In re T.S.W., 294 Kan. 423, 432, 276 P.3d 133 (2012). This is one of tiróse instances.

We hold that the district court did not enter a final appealable order as required by K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-2102(a)(4) before this appeal was initiated. Therefore, the Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction when it affirmed the…