Kansas procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Kansas Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Kansas petition: 21 days, and no clerk's default at allKansas K.S.A. 60-212 gives 21 days after service of the summons and petition to serve an answer, or at least 41 days from first publication — and every default judgment is rendered by a judge.
• Setting aside a Kansas default judgment: one year, and the statute points to two routesKansas K.S.A. 60-255(b) sends a defaulted defendant to two separate statutes — 60-260(b) with its one-year limit, and 60-309.
• The Kansas motion to compel: the fee award tilts toward whoever is rightKansas K.S.A. 60-237 makes fees mandatory when a motion to compel is granted but discretionary when denied, and requires a certification of good faith conference.
• The Kansas motion to dismiss: a statute, six grounds, and twenty-one daysKansas K.S.A. 60-212(b) lists six defenses that may be raised by motion, gives 21 days to answer and 14 days after a denial.
• Kansas summary judgment: twenty-one days to respond, fourteen to replyKansas K.S.A. 60-256(c) sets a full briefing schedule — motion until 30 days after discovery closes, response in 21 days, reply in 14.

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