Michels v. Weingartner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

Stephen Fred Weingartner appeals from the district court’s decision that child support payments which had become due and payable to his former wife, Lea Ann Michels, before her current husband adopted the child were not canceled as a result of the adoption. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court in Michels v. Weingartner, 18 Kan. App. 2d 168, 848 P.2d 1010 (1993). Weingartner’s petition for review was granted by this court.

On September 30, 1977, Lea Ann Michels was granted a divorce from Stephen Fred Weingartner in case No.…