M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bank v. Higdon

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,672 M & I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK, Appellee, v. KEVIN HIGDON and GRETCHEN HIGDON, Appellants, v. EQUITY BANK, Appellee/Garnishee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Resolution of a conflict-of-laws issue involves a question of law over which appellate courts exercise unlimited review. 2. When addressing choice of law issues, Kansas appellate courts traditionally follow the Restatement (First) of Conflict of Laws (1934). 3. A choice-of-law analysis under the Restatement (First) of Conflict of Laws begins by looking to the law of the forum state to…