Bolyard ex rel. Bolyard v. Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

Vertie Bolyard, as father of Verüe Lance Bolyard, Veronica Bolyard, and Patricia Shannon Bolyard, appeals from the trial court’s order of summary judgment in favor of the defendants Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) and SRS caseworker Ruth Sherlock in an action for damages arising from their alleged negligence in the temporary placement of the plaintiff children with their mother.

The plaintiffs contend the trial court erred in determining that SRS and Sherlock are immune from liability under the Kansas Tort Claims…