Landon v. Artz

Foth, C.J.:

The question presented in this case is whether a counterclaim may be asserted in a proceeding instituted under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, K.S.A. 60-3001 et seq. The trial court held it could not and we affirm.

The judgment creditor is Carolyn Artz Landon, a resident of Colorado. The debtor is her former husband, Harold Artz, a resident of Phillips County, Kansas. The judgment is a divorce decree rendered in Arizona on September 21, 1973. In that decree a divorce was granted to Harold Artz on his counterclaim; Carolyn was awarded custody of “the parties’ minor…