Clark v. McKee

No. 128,581 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS CARROL CLARK, Appellant, v. NORMAN D. MCKEE, et al., Appellees. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Real estate in Kansas may be owned jointly either as tenants in common or as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. That means two or more persons or entities have equal rights to possess the whole property. A joint tenancy differs because it includes a right of survivorship. 2. Joint tenants may sever their joint tenancy interest in real property without notice to or consent from any other joint tenant. A terminated joint tenancy becomes a…