Printable Format38-1605.
History: L. 1982, ch. 182, § 63; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 43; L. 1999, ch. 51, § 1; Repealed, L. 2006, ch. 169, § 140; January 1, 2007.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Statute contemplates adjudicating court engaging in separate deliberation on venue; venue outside resident county only when best interests of juvenile are met. In re A.T.K., 11 Kan. App. 2d 174, 176, 717 P.2d 528 (1986).
2. Venue proper in either county where cause of death inflicted or county where death ensued. In re J.W.S., 250 Kan. 65, 69, 70, 825 P.2d 125 (1992).
3. Noted in holding Kansas residency not required for unemancipated pregnant minor to seek waiver of parental notification. In re Doe, 17 Kan. App. 2d 567, 569, 843 P.2d 735 (1992).
4. Cited in opinion holding that juveniles have a constitutional right to jury trials. In re L.M., 286 Kan. 460, 467, 186 P.3d 164 (2008).