State ex rel. Secretary of Social & Rehabilitation Services v. Clear

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services of the State of Kansas (SRS) appealed the district court’s finding that Barbara J. Clear (Finnigan) relinquished parental rights to her minor children pursuant to K.S.A. 38-125 et seq., and, as a result, her obligation to pay child support terminated as a matter of law. The Court of Appeals first determined that the issue before it was one of law and thus subject to unlimited appellate review. Hutchinson Nat’l Bank & Tr. Co. v. Brown, 12 Kan. App. 2d 673, 674, 753 P.2d 1299, rev. denied…