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Table of Contents:'~ [j'\1 'c' The Year in Review 3 Managing the Cases 9 ~UJlreme (!Tourt of liauscts Reports from the Districts 19 ~an5a5 alui\idal ClIenier Appendix 31 HOWARD SCHWARTZ 3Ul ~. 1nt1y (913) 296-4873 Graphics Judicial Administrator 'mnpeha, ~an5a5 66612 Supreme Court Administrative Chart __ 2 Pending Civil and Criminal Cases __ l0 January 10, 1983 Age of Pending Criminal Cases 11 Age of Pending Civil Cases 13 Traffic Cases 14 Formal Juvenile Proceedings _____ 15 Domestic Relations 16 Pending Civil Cases 17 To the Honorable Alfred G. Schroeder, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court Dispositions 18 Kansas Judicial Center and the justices of the Supreme Court: Foreword ficing service to the public. Not sur standards are working and working prisingly many of the districts re well. By the end of the year, only 4.8 This is the second year for the ported the increasing use of percent of the total pending criminal In compliance with the provisions of Rule No. 1.03(c) publication of this executive sum computers. Just as the Office of Ju cases were one year or older. In the of the Supreme Court, this annual report of the judicial mary of the courts' business in Kan dicial Administraton has found civil area, 1,265 cases, or 3.7 per business of the courts of Kansas for the fiscal year end sas. If we seem proud in our presen computers to be the answer for cent, of the total caseload are two ing June 30, 1982, is submitted. tation, it is because we feel it is keeping track of case numbers, the years old or older. warranted. district courts are finding many other All categories of cases surpassed This executive summary may be read together with the Despite a burgeoning caseload, applications for them. the Supreme Court's time standards, annual statistical report. The statistical report contains judges continued to press on with Several districts are using com a record of achievement made pos the raw data of the courts' case load upon which this summary the goal of delivering quality and puters to generate most papers nec sible only through the cooperative is based. Additional copies of the statistical report are timely justice to Kansas citizens at essary for the flow of the cases, in efforts of all employees in the sys on file in the Office of Judicial Administration. the lowest possible cost. As with cluding summonses, aids in tem, as well as by attorneys involved many other states, Kansas was con execution, citations, trial docket in the cases. The statistical report and this executive summary of fronted with additional budget sheets, judges' minutes, bench war To maintain the quality of justice the statistical report would not be possible without the problems because of the lagging rants, garnishments, subpoenas, that Kansas citizens have come to dedication and hard work of the judges, clerks, and other economy. To keep pace, most em motion docket sheets, alias warrants expect, the Judicial Branch program employees of the Kansas Judicial Branch. ployees in the Judicial Branch were and even case jacket labels. All of of continuing education continued required to work both faster and that work used to require more time for all employee groups in the sys Respectfully, smarter. For several districts, the lat and money, two things that are in tem, including judges, clerks, court ter meant increasing automation and short supply in today's court system. reporters and court services officers. No"' .....} SC\Wo..~ eliminating duplication. Fiscal 1982 was the first full year A new approach in education was A new section in this year',; report Kansas operated under Supreme taken in 1982 when regional edu Howard Schwartz 86794 details the efforts made in each of Court time standards to reduce delay cational programs were undertaken U.S. Department of Justice Judicial Administrator the 30 judicial districts to better in the courts. A quick glance at the as a cost cutting measure. Besides National Institute of Justice manage the caseload without sacri- statistics in this report shows the the savings in travel and lodging, the This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the regional programs provided more person or organization originating it. POints of view or opinions stated In thiS document are those of the authors and do not necessarily individualized instruction. More re represent the offiCial position or policies of the National Institute of On The Cover Justice. gional seminars are on the drawing The Judicial Branch goal of delivering quality and speedy justice to boards for 1983. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been granted by Kansas citizens is increasingly being enhanced by the use of computers. On A complete set of the raw data on Kansas JUdicial Center the cover and section divider pages are vastly enlarged segments of an which this summary is based is on actual microprocessor, a computer chip that holds 30,000 transistors yet file in the Office of Judicial Admin occupies about the same space of a newborn's fingernail. A third of the istration, Kansas Judicial Center, to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). state's 30 judicial districts are heavily into computerized court business 301 W. 10th, Topeka, Kansas Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis while others are making plans to use them. Illustrations are by Janet Zoble. 66612. Telephone: (913) 296-2256. sion of the copyright owner. -
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has conducted numerous educa Office of Judicial tional programs dealing with them. 1981 and February 1982. The Office of Judicial Administra Clerk of Assisting the Clerk is a volunteer Administration tion undertook staff responsibility for Kansas Board for Admission of At a new Supreme Court Education Appellate Courts torneys. Members include Donald Law Library The Office of Judicial Administra Advisory Committee charged with H. Corson, Jr., Kansas City; Donald tion, the Supreme Court's adminis examining the need for law-related TllP \lprk nf !\nnpll1tp Courts R Nevl'!,.-irk WirhitM • William Y. The State Law Library grew to trative arm, undertook a variety of education. processed increasing numbers of Chalfant, Hutchinson; Edward Lar 185,000 volumes during 1982. new projects during 1982 which As part of its work, the committee cases and motions during 1982 and son, Hays; Professor Raymond L. Under the direction of Fred were designed to improve the Kan polled each of the state's school found his numerous other responsi Spring, Topeka; Professor Deanell R. Knecht, Librarian, the I ibrary con s'as court system. districts. The results of that poll in bilities on the rise. Tacha, Lawrence; John H. Johntz, tinued to develop a specialized col A major project in the office was cluded the finding that 95 percent of The Clerk, Lewis C. Carter, is ap Olathe; Robert L. Briley, Chanute; lection of legal materials dealing the production of a slide presenta the 185 districts responding cited a pointed by the justices of the Su and Gene H. Sharp, Liberal. primarily with judicial administra tion designed to acquaint citizens definite need for including law preme Court for a two-year period During 1982, the Clerk's office tion. To enhance the availability of with the Kansas Judicial Branch and related education in the schools' The interd;x:rt J:."'gnment of and serves in the dual role as Clerk processed 897 motions filed in the this collection, the library began explain the importance of their role curriculum. judges is based upon another major of both the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court and 3,450 filed in publishing a Court-Related Acquisi as potential jurors. Based upon the committee's function of the Office of Judicial Supreme Court. the Court of Appeals. tions List on a quarterly basis. The presentation, "Images of Jus work, Chief Justice Alfred G. Adm i n istration: campi ling statistics In addition to the complex task of The publication is distributed to tice," was produced for Kansas by Schroeder called upon the State on activities of all state courts and monitoring all cases on appeal and the justices of the Supreme Court, the National Center for State Courts. Board of Education to appoint a blue preparing the annual report. the specific deadlines involved in Court Reporters the judges of the Court of Appeals, The slide presentation has been ribbon committee to implement a Through the judicial administra moving cases through the process, all of the district court judges, the reproduced on video tape and is on meaningful program of court-related tor's information management sys the Clerk's office provides staff sup Four court reporters agreed to judicial administrator, district court file in the Office of Judicial Admin instruction in the state school sys tem, Kansas judges are constantly port for the certification of shorthand serve on a new statewide committee administrators, chief clerks and istration. tem. kept informed of trends in their reporters, the admission of attor formed during 1982 that is charged court services officers. The office also prepared a state The Office also provided staff cases. Judges receive monthly and neys, judicial qualifications and the with reviewing court reporting ser Another area in the Law Library's wide list of interpreters for use by support to a Supreme Court com quarterly reports advising them of Supreme Court Nominating Com vices. collection highlighted during 1982 judges in ensuring that all citizens mittee charged with developing the number of filings, the age of the mission. The four, Catherine Guy, Em was the periodical collection of receive a fair trial regardless of their statewide comprehensive standards cases and the disposition rates. Applications for the court report poria; Tamara Little, Great Bend; more than 400 current titles. A cur ability to speak English. for juries in Kansas. Additionally, several special re ers' examination are made through Maitin Delmont, Columbus; and rent Index to Legal Periodicals is The 139 names on the list repre During the year, the committee ports on case management were the Clerk's office. A separate file is Vesta York, Winfield, joined four now being published of the most sent 33 different languages. Many of reviewed existing jury systems, stat provided during 1982. These reports maintained on each applicant and judges and two court administrators recent titles received during a given the volunteer interpreters teach utes, and Supreme Court rules relat included such issues as whether certificates of eligibility are prepared to undertake the task. period of time and is being distrib foreign languages at the colleges ing to juries, American Bar Associa each of the district's caseload is and mailed after each examination The year also saw the continued uted on the same basis as is the and universities. tion jury standards and other meeting Supreme Court time stan upon receiving a report from the competence of Kansas court report Court-Related Acquisitions List. Kansas' continuing battle to re resources in order to propose ap dards and how fast cases involving Board of Examiners of Court Report ers as several took the National Cer The Kansas Supreme Court Li duce delay in the courts resulted in propriate standards and methods to major crimes are proceeding from ers. tificate of Merit and the Certificate of brary, through the Office of Judicial an extra assignment for Dr. Howard implement the standards. filing through disposition. Member.s of the board include Proficiency Tests. The Kansas Short Administration, is developing a pro Schwartz, Judicial Administrator. These new projects were in addi The Office of Judicial Administra Jess Danner, Topeka; Judge E. hand Reporters Asso -:ation also gram with the National Center for Dr. Schwartz was appointed chair tion to a wide range of ongoing ad tion policy of assisting the trial Newton Vickers, Topeka; Judge gives an Excellency ,ward Test. State Courts to send judges items of man of a special committee of the ministrative duties related to the ef courts whenever possible continued Richard W. Wahl, Concordia; Harry Participating in the tests is voluntary. importance as reported in judicial National Conference of State Court ficient administration of a unified in fiscal 1982, with staff members E. Robbins, Jr., Wichita; and Donald Completing the Kansas Excellency newsletters and bar journals of other Administrators to develop national court system. visiting each of the 30 judicial dis W. Vasos, Kansas City. Award Test were Norma Wegerle, states. This is the only program of time standards for case processing. One recurring function of the Of tricts during the year. The office is charged with various Wichita, and Sheila Lyons, Wichita. this kind in the United States in This appointment followed in fice is to follow state statutes pro The Office's ten professional staff responsibilities relating to the ad One Kansas reporter, Candace which the National Center for State creasing recognition of Kansas as a viding that all payroll for district members traveled a collective mission of attorneys to the practice Braksick, Oskaloosa, placed fifth in Courts participates. leader in reducing delay in the court operations be approved by the 49,309 miles during the year. The of law in Kansas. This function in national competition. courts. Dr. Schwartz has been judi Judicial Administrator. goal of these visits was to offer tech creases each year, with more and cial administrator since 1980, the The Office is further charged with nical assistance in facilitating the more persons applying to become Fiscal 1982 officers of the Kansas Shorthand Reporters' Association year case processing time standards examining district court dockets to administration of justice. Requests an attorney. were: were adopted by the Kansas Su determine the need for judicial as for assistance included any number In fiscal year 1982, 397 persons Vesta York, Winfield ...... President preme Court. During his tenure, he sistance. In 1982, both active and of needs, from fiscal and personnel applied to become an attorney in lou Vinopal, Kingman ...... Vice President has overseen the administrative im retired judges were assigned cases in matters to ceremonial and produc Kansas. Two hundred eighty-one Mary Wulf, Wichita ...... 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ganization was conducted in To peka. Program topics included court 1982 Legislative management in transition, produc Clerks' Association tivity reviews, appeal procedures, Session Highlights payroll and personnel, records If- e I< ansas Association of District management, interviewing tech A significant 1982 legislative en =:ourt :::Ie-ks and Administrators niques, performance evaluation, actment changed the boundaries of took; li.bent turn in 1982 when and a session on stress. several judicial districts and in the first ever Judicial departmental Three members of the association creased from 29 to 30 the number of meetings were conducted. were appointed to positions on judicial districts. More than 300 nonjudicial court statewide committees, including: The act reconstituted the 15th, personnel attended the six meetings Joan Parnell, Edwards County, Jury 17th, 23rd, 19th and 13th judicial which were conducted in each of Standards Committee; Norma Doty, districts and added a new 30th dis the state's judicial departments. Wabaunsee County, Traffic Law trict. Because the changes resulted Luncheon speakers included Jus Advisory Committee; and Vergie in a mix of merit selection and tices Alex M. Fromme, David Wente, Sheridan County, Clerks counties operating under the elec Prager, Harold S. Herd, Robert H. Advisory Council. tion system of naming judges, refer Miller, Richard W. Holmes, and Kay Committees of the clerks and ad endums on the method of judicial McFarland. ministrators' organization have un selection in four newly constituted The sessions included an in depth dertaken a variety of projects to im counties were conducted in No presentation on the Kansas Inte prove court operations. vember. grated Personnel Payroll System; an The organization's steering com The 14th district, presided over by update on the judicial budget, new mittee is researching possibilities for Judge Kenneth D. David, became a legislation, an update of the clerks' adult education with credit for pro two-county district consisting of manual, statistical reporting, ac fessional seminars. Montgomery and Chautauqua counting-productivity review rec The Clerks Advisory Council is counties on January 11, 1983. ommendations, jury standards, child working on various projects, which Judges in the revamped districts support enforcement and other include developing a least-effort, whose terms expired in 1982 ran for issues involved in the administration low-cost method for maintaining election or retention in the new dis of justice in Kansas. marriage license records; establish tricts on the same basis that they An important accomplishment ing guidelines for uniform appear would have had the redistricting act during the year was the publication ance dockets; determining a reten not been enacted. of a brochure designed to acquaint tion schedule for administrative files The measure eliminated two as Kansas citizens with small claims and records and a step-by-step pro sociate district judge positions from courts and the procedures involved. cedures manual for civil cases. the 11 th and the 19th district:, and The brochure provides a walk The Legislative Committee has created new ones in the 7th and through of the small claims process proposed legislation for the 1983 25th districts. A third new associate and answers commonly asked ques session that includes a bill which district judgeship was authorized in tions. The brochure was a joint would delete the 10-day payback the 29th district. project of the Kansas Association of requirement, and a bill which would All three new judgeships were District Court Clerks and Adminis delete references to execution desibnated in judicial districts iden trators and the Kansas Bar Associa dockets and minutes of redemption tified by the Supreme Court as hav tion. books, the jury demand fee and ing immediate caseload problems. The fall 1981 meeting of the or- similar matters. Another significant enactment by the 1982 Legislature was the ad ministrative transfer of the Aid to Fiscal 1982 officers of the Kansas Association of District Court Indigent Defendants program from Clerks and Administrators were: the Judicial to the Executive Branch. Darlene Bartlett, Stafford County ...... President The agency, now called Board of Betty Lamberson, Stevens County ...... Vice President Indigents' Defense Services, is lo Managing the Cases Evelyn Bowers, Jefferson County ...... Secretary cated at 535 Kansas Avenue. It had Bessie Scofield, Montgomery County ...... Treasurer been located in the Office of Judicial Administration.
8 resolve Kansans' disputes. Criminal Cases 219 cases to 204 cases. Time Standards Some of the cross-assignments Guilty pleas and convictions for Pending Pending were necessitated for retirements, Class A, B, and C felonies increased resignations, special judicial panels Statewide criminal caseload fil from 1,396 to 1,821 in 1982. Civil Cases Criminal Cases and disqualifications, but many ings decreased about 3 percent dur Despite the 5.4 percent increase Over 2 Years Old Over 12 Months Old were the result of caseload problems ing fiscal 1982 for felonies and mis in the total number of felony cases, caused by increased case filings and demeanors. However, when judges were able to dispose of 349 the lack of judge power in some considering required court time, that more cases, a 2.7 percent increase 2218 in 1980 825 in 1980 districts. figure may be misleading. in the disposition rate. The cross-assignment program is The filing of misdemeanor The number of misdemeanor being used extensively in northwest charges decreased by 10.6 percent, cases terminated declined from Statistically, every 61 seconds of Kansas. An administrative order as from 13,967 to 12,483, but the more 15,600 in 1981 to 13,829 in 1982. signing all judges in three districts to time-consuming felony cases in By the end of the year, the age of each working day in fiscal '1982 a 1809 in 1981 serve on cross-assignment perma creased by 5.4 percent from 12,121 pending criminal cases-both felo Kansas judge made the closing entry • 18Y2% Reduction in a lawsuit. nently has been signed. cases in 1981 to 12,775 in 1982. nies and misdemeanors-was re Even at that pace, 113,326 termi The one-time order cuts through Much of the increased felony duced to a point when 95.2% of the nations during the year, judges the red tape involved in assigning a case load occurred in the more pending cases were one year old or found it difficult to keep even in the judge into another district to assist serious Class A, B, and C felonies, less. That figure compares to a 90.5 numbers game as citizens filed when the need arises. which jumped from 2,370 to 2,647. percent figure in fiscal 1981. One 482 in 1981 113,082 new cases. Those figures 1265 in 1982 Participating in that cross-assign On a positive note, the filings for hundred ninety-eight cases were do not incl ude traffic, probate, fish 30% Reduction 41 %% Reduction ment are judges of the 15th, 17th, first-degree murder and aggravated older than one year at the end of and game, and small claims cases and 23rd districts. kidnapping declined slightly, from 1982, compared to 497 at the end of which, when added would bring the The 1982 Legislature also eased 1981. total number of cases filed during part of the case load crunch when the year to 442,841, down slightly two new judgeships were created from 1981 filings. and a third was transferred to an If it, in fact, is a treadmill that the other district. Gaining new judges as Age of Pending Criminal Cases a result of the legislation were the courts are finding themselves on, it Fiscal Year 1982 is a treadmill that is moving more 25th, 7th and 29th judicial districts. quickly. For example, out of the total While the timely disposition of 35,241 civil cases pending at the cases is important in Kansas, the Ju ~ dicial Branch's traditional emphasis end of the year, only 3.7 percent, or 43% Total Reduction 76% Total Reduction ~ on the quality of justice remains as 2.7% 1,265 cases statewide, were two 13-18 Months --~ years old or older. In the criminal the paramount consideration in any case. The time standards are re area, only 1 percent, or 50 cases The age of pending civil and criminal cases has steadily decreased over the past three fiscal including both felonies and misde garded as effective case manage years thanks to the cooperative efforts of the bench and bar. meanors-were two years old or ment principles which have given older. each trial court an improved capa The emphasis on reducing older fiscal 1980. That figure now stands was 124 days; for domestic rela bility for eliminating unnecessary cases has continued a course that at 1,265 cases, or 3.7 percent of !he tions, 82 days; and for limited civil waiting time in the resolution of dis .9% was begun in December 1980 when total civil pending caseload. cases, 35 days. putes. 19-24 Months the Supreme Court adopted time The time standards call for the To help meet the challenge of in All Kansas judges are acutely 1.2% standards for reducing delay. At the resolution of felony cases within 120 creasing numbers of cases, the state aware that the quality of justice Over 24 Months begins to erode if disputes are not 82.9% end of fiscal year 1980, 825 criminal days from first appearance, 60 days continued its judicial cross-assign 6 Months or Less cases, or 12.8 percent of the total for misdemeanors, 180 days for ment program during 1982. Active resolved in a timely manner. pending, were 12 months old or major civil cases, 120 days for do and retired judges traveled a total of older. At the end of fiscal 1982, the mestic relations cases, and 60 days 58,848 miles to handle 330 cross first full fiscal year under the time for limited civil cases. assignments. standards, only 4.8 percent of the Year-end statistics show that the The cross-assignments, made total pending criminal cases were median age of felony cases termi possible through court unification, one year old or older. nated during the year was 51 days included the use of 12 retired judges Only 4.8 percent of the criminal cases pending in Kansas courts at the end of Fiscal 1982 were In the civil area, 2,218 cases were and for misdemeanors, one day. For for 45 assignments. Retired judges a year old or older. Mosl are concluded within six months. two years old or older at the end of major civil cases, the median age traveled a collective 9,127 miles to
11 10 10.1% 20.3% 13-18 Months 7-12 Months 4.1% 19-24 Months
The majority of pending criminal Despite this increased workload, cases had been pending less than six each of these metropolitan courts Civil Cases months at the end of 1982. judges were able to reduce the number of reported 3,425 of their criminal pending criminal cases. The reduc cases to be six months old or less, a tions in pending cases were: Shaw Age of Pending Civil Cases figure representing 82.9 percent of nee County, 112; Sedgwick, 12; Fiscal Year 1982 the total pending criminal case/oad. johnson, 209; and Wyandotte, 71. 61.9% The largest increase in criminal The total number of pending cases 6 Months or less The number of civil cases pending longer than two years was reduced to 3.7 percent case filings occurred in the state's for the four districts was reduced by the end of the year despite an increase in the number of cases filed. four metropolitan counties, which from 2,224 in 1981 to 1,820 this account for 30 percent of the state year. wide criminal case/oad. A total of The following is a breakdown of 7,608 criminal cases were filed in caseload activity for criminal cases Despite an increase in the number Chapter 60 and 61 cases is about the ciation and the Kansas Trial Lawyers civil case activity during fiscal 1982 Shawnee, Sedgwick, johnson and by judicial district: (See 1982 statis and complexity of civil cases during same-13,070 pending Chapter 60 Association. by jurisdiction. (See 1982 statistical Wyandotte counties. tical report.) 1982, judges reduced the number of cases, and 13,565 pending Chapter The following is a breakdown of report.) pending cases to 35,241. 61 cases. Filings for civil cases, including About half of the Chapter 60 regular and limited action civil cases pending cases were pending six Pending Cases Cases Pending Pending Cases Cases Pending and domestic relations cases, totaled months or less. And of Chapter 61 District 6-30-81 Filed Terminated 6-30-82 District 6-30-81 Filed Terminated 6-30-82 87,824. That means that for every cases, about 62 percent were pend- 1 780 2,317 2,188 909 working day, a Kansan's dispute 1 165 638 729 149 ing six months or less. 2 241 862 849 254 with another winds up in court every 2 57 118 757 42 The civil caseload may be eased 3 2,793 8,605 8,527 2,871 75 seconds. This figure does not in 3 332 1,784 2,012 294 in future years as a result of a 1982 4 496 1,803 1,804 495 clude other categories of cases, such 4 101 834 936 92 legislative enactment designed to 5 431 1,307 1,380 358 as traffic and criminal matters. If 5 79 378 403 71 discourage the filing of frivolous 6 325 1,014 1,026 313 those categories were included, the 6 49 478 565 64 lawsuits. 7 1,043 1,937 2,284 696 figure would be closer to every 17 7 101 847 933 119 The legislation empowers judges 8 511 1,827 1,844 494 seconds. 8 111 1,042 1,075 129 i, assess additional costs, including 9 480 986 990 476 Although limited actions cases 9 92 360 419 66 attorney fees and other expenses, 10 4,102 9,734 9,679 4,157 continued to represent most of the 10 555 1,980 2,245 475 against parties in a lawsuit who as- 11 1,175 2,904 2,864 1,215 civil filings, the rate of increase for 11 149 1,299 1,616 182 sert a false claim, or defense, or who 12 171 565 579 157 Chapter 60 cases outpaced limited 12 32· 487 508 41 deny the truth of a factual matter 13 645 1,683 1,660 668 actions nearly 11 to 1. 13 111 569 581 142 without a reasonable basis in fact 14 540 1,649 1,629 560 14 74 429 477 80 Major cases, including all those in and not in good faith. 15 244 657 601 266 which damages in excess of $5,000 15 36 499 528 34 This law is similar to enactments 16 526 1,573 1,575 524 were sought, increased from 18,171 16 51 509 490 93 in 10 other states. The law applies to 17 225 558 591 184 to 20,149 during the year. For lim 17 34 353 397 25 all civil cases filed under Chapters 18 8,714 20,766 19,534 9,946 ited actions, the increase was from 18 533 2,298 2,188 673 59, 60, and 61. It provides that an 19 317 1,752 1,776 343 41,129 to 41,602 cases. 19 49 1,002 1,074 88 attorney may be held I iable for as- 20 705 2,086 1,937 854 20 126 1,247 1,306 183 The increase in civil filings was serting a claim or defense with no 21 332 951 957 326 21 69 865 879 93 offset by a reduction in the number reasonable basis in fact or made in 22 214 629 591 252 22 of domestic relations cases filed. 77 554 587 68 bad faith. 23 330 1,093 1,027 416 23 75 625 670 65 Kansans filed 26,073 domestic rela Previously, an attorney could be 24 241 579 537 283 24 30 383 396 50 tions this year, compared to 27,869 subject to disciplinary action for 25 438 1,824 1,622 640 25 in 1981, a decline of 6.4 percent. 88 788 780 139 such conduct, but did not face the 26 560 1,401 1,268 693 26 101 575 589 101 The drop held the percentage in prospect of paying attorney fees in 27 1,376 2,808 3,126 1,058 27 58 456 427 96 crease in civil filings to .8 percent. the case involved. 28 478 1,688 1,812 354 28 66 1,449 1,598 68 About 62 percent of the civil cases The act was sponsored by the 29 4,673 11,810 11,486 4,997 29 321 1,546 1,674 378 (21,374) had been pending six Kansas judicial Council and sup- 30 _456 434 482 30 266 310 122 months or less by the end of the ---- ported by both the Kansas Bar Asso- STATE TOTAL: 33,106 87,824 86,177 35,241 STATE TOTAL: 3,722 25,258 27,149 4,222 year. Last year's percentage was 61.5 percent, or 21,669 cases. The number of pending cases for 13 12 - r
Traffic Traffic Cases Juveniles Formal Juvenile Proceedings Comparing Fiscal Years 1980, 1981 & 1982 Statewide filing of traffic cases Institutional commitments of ju Comparing Fiscal Years 1980, 1981 & 1982 declined during 1982. Kansas courts Filings veniles continued to increase during .-- reported total filings of 275,828 for '82 r;s:J .--- 1982 despite a decline in the the year, compared to the preceding r;ao '82 number of formal cases filed. .-- .-- .--- year's 281,842. '80 '81 TOTALS: The fiscal year statistics reveal The total excludes filings in mu 1980-273,704 2,764 youths were accused of being .-- nicipal courts except those that have 1981-281,842 delinquent in 1982, compared to Filings been appealed to the state court 1982-275,828 3,983 in 1981. Of those adjudicated system. delinquent, 329 were committed to the Youth Center at Topeka or other - TOTALS: 1980-14,469 The year also saw a continuation 1981-12,805 in the 1981 increase in serous traffic juvenile facilities. During the 1981 1982- 8,911 case filings. In 1981, charges of fiscal year, 306 juveniles were com driving while under the influence, mitted to such facilities. - reckless driving and fleeing a police On a brighter note, the total officer totaled 5,910 in state courts, number of juvenile proceedings which was up from 1980 totals for processed in Kansas courts declined the same cases. This year, filings for '81 from 12,805 in 1981 to 8,911 in f-- those cases totaled 6,778. '80 '82 1982. The totals include a decline in The number of defendants de '80 '81 the number of miscreant petitions as U'l "- "- 0:> manding a jury trial in traffic cases 0:> 0:> well. In 1981, 5,057 youngsters f-- increased from 59 in 1981 to 81 this were accused of miscreancy, com Reckless Driving Driving Under Fleeing Police All Other - year, a trend that is expected to in Influence pared to 3,587 in 1982. ~N \C 14 15 Domestic Relations 3,175 cases actually went to trial. Listed below is a comparison of This year 3,875 domestic relations domestic relations cases for 1981 Appellate Courts trials were conducted. and 1982: Pending Civil Cases Following an apparent national Comparing Fiscal Years 1980, 1981 & 1982 trend, the filing of domestic relations The caseload for the appellate FILINGS 1981 1982 cases in Kansas took a 6.4 percent courts continued to increase in 1982 Divorce, annulment or separate maintenance 21,702 20,131 when 1,250 cases were filed, an in Regular Domestic Limited dip in 1982 when cases ranging Inward support actions 2,052 1,796 crease of nearly 12 percent from the from child support to divorces and 13,259 in 1980 8,954 in 1980 13,957 in 1982 Outward support actions 1,868 1,786 preceding year. annulments declined from 1981's 10% Increase Other 2,247 2,360 The total includes 45 original 27,869 to 26,073. Total "actions," or cases filed directly While the reason for the phenom 27,869 26,073 with the appellate courts, such as enon cannot be pinpointed, some TERMINATIONS 1981 1982 mandamus, quo warranto and commentators say a fourth factor Total dismissals 12,436 in 1981 8,461 in 1981 7,586 6,897 habeas corpus petitions. In 1981,32 should be added to the forces most Uncontested 6% Reduction 5% Reduction 12,556 10,304 such cases were filed. commonly associated with domestic Contested, no formal trial 3,074 3,008 Concerted efforts by judges of the relations filings-the economy. Just Trials 12,697 in 1981 3,175 3,875 Court of Appeals and justices of the as several studies have shown a re Other 8,031 in f 982 3% Reduction 1,674 2,419 Supreme Court reduced the number lationship between increased filings 5 % Reduction Total terminations 28,065 26,503 of cases left pending at the end of of divorces and the number of mar Pending 8,758 8,031 the year from 937 in 1981 to 932. riages, liquor sales and time, some This reduction in the number of are suggesting an inverse relation pending cases was made possible by ship exists between decreases in increased disposition rates. Both domestic filings and poor economic Domestic Relations Cases courts disposed of 1,272 cases, conrlitions. In short, some couples Comparing Fiscal Years 1980, 1981 & 1982 compared to 1,140 dispositions in may have decided they simply can 1981. not afford a divorce. 30 Whatever the reasons are, judges In the same time period, a 13.2 percent increase in the number of granted 15,355 divorces, annul written opinions was noted. In fiscal ments and actions for separate .... ~ .. ' ~ 1981, there were 827 written opin maintenance in 1982, compared to .1% ~ " 101/2% ~ 7% ~ ions rendered and in fiscal 1982, the ~ 16,245 the year before. 25 Total Reduction ~ Total Reduction ~ Total Increase %:::: number was 936. Despite the reduction in the number of domestic relations cases Most of the increased number of terminated during the year, the terminations were recorded in Court The burgeoning civil caseload is steadily increasing the number of pending cases as judges work of Appeals cases where terminations pending caseload in that category 20 harder to resolve them faster while retaining the quality of justice that is expected in Kansas. was reduced by more than 8 per increased from 888 in 1981 to 998 in 1982. cent. At the end of fiscal 1981, County; Marvin O. Brummett, month to the list of ready cases 8,758 domestic relations cases of all In an attempt to deal with its Cloud County; Harry G. Miller, awaiting hearing. kinds were pending. At the end of 15 ever-increasing caseload, the Court Wyandotte County; B. Mack Bryant, In addition to the direct appeals 1982, 8,031 were pending. of Appeals again used a resource Sedgwick County; Lewis L. from district courts, the Supreme made possible by court unification. Of those pending, 81 percent had Mclaughlin, Marshall County; and Court was asked to review 267 de been on the judges' dockets six District and retired district judges Jerome Harman retired Chief Judge cisions of the Court of Appeals. Of 10 months or less. Only four-tenths of were called upon to sit in two spe of the Court of Appeals. those petitions for review, 221 were one percent, or 31 cases, were over cial sessions of the court to resolve The Court of Appeals first experi den ied, 31 were gr dnted and 15 two years old, a slight reduction about 240 cases in a 30-day period. mented with a special d,ocket in were pending at the end of the fiscal from 1981 and a dramatic reduction The sessions were conducted in April 1981. Although the session year. from fiscal 1980 when 219 domestic 5 November 1981 and April 1982. was successful, it, as well as subse The Supreme Court also disposed Sitting with the Court of Appeals quent special pushes, are only stop of 897 motions during the year, relations cases were pending 24 '82 '82 '81 '82 months or longer. were District Judges Richard W. gap solutions to the problem. compared to 660 in fiscal 1981. In Wahl, Cloud County; Terry L. Bul About 90 appeals a month are the Court of Appeals, 3,469 motions Despite the fewer filings during 1,000's Filings Terminations Pending the year, more were contested and lock, Shawnee County; Ronald D. filed with the court. Although were filed relating to cases in that Innes, Riley County; Steven P. around 20 to 25 percent of the ap court. The preceding year there the number actually tried to the The filing of domestic relations cases declined in Fiscal 1982 in keeping with a national trend Flood, Ellis County; retired District peals are dismissed prior to argu were 3,388 filed in the Court of Ap court was up significantly. In 1981, some have attributed to the lagging economy. Judges Frederick Woleslagel, Lyons ment, about 65 are added each peals. 16 - ~-~~-----' - ~ ; .. ~.-"" Reports from the Districts Listed below is a summary of ap pellate court case load for the year ending June 30, 1982: Appellate Court Dispositions Cases pending July 1, 1981 ...... 954 Cases commenced .. 1,250 Supreme Court Court of Appeals Total case load ..... 2,204 Total 274 Total 998 Cases terminated 1,272 Cases pending Without Opinion: June 30, 1982 932 Denials Following is a breakdown of the -...----~- -- " dispositions for both courts: Voluntary 28 Dismissals SUPREME COURT ------Without opinion: 13 Dismissals 171 Denials 28 ...... _------by Court Voluntary dismissals 13 Dismissals by court 10 - ~- '------By Opinion: Total without opinion 51 82 By opinion: Dismissals ~.::------:=~ Dismissed 8 ------Affirmed 145 10 Affirmed in part, reversed in part 14 Reversed 22 Reversed and re 145 Affirmed 508 manded 34 Total by opinion 223 Total Dispositions 274 COURT OF APPEALS Without opinion: Denials 32 Voluntary dismissals 171 Dismissals by court 82 Total without opinion 285 .., Affirmed in Part, ...... _------Reversed in Part By opinion: 14 Dismissed 10 .... ------Affirmed 508 Reversed ...... __ ------21 _-- .... 22 Affirmed in part, Reversed and ..... -- =- -:)1 =------" reversed in part 21 ...... _------Remanded Reversed 24 129 Reversed and re 34 Remanded manded 129 ...... _----- Remanded 21 21 Total by opinion 713 Total Dispositions 998 18 ,upl'r\'i,t'd bv l ourt sen'ices officer~. Decatur County remodeled the Countip, in thl' 12th District in fourth floor of the courthouse to ac Kansas Supreme Court lludl' j(>wt'lI, Rq)uhlic, Washington, commodate a new jail and sheriii'., Mitclll'11. Lilltoln ,mel Cloud. otfiClJ. Norton County's (1i~)trict magistrate judge'\ ofiin' was mo\t'd District 1S-Administrative judgl' from thl' iirst floor to the third floor. Kpith R. Willoughby found hinN'li Thl' jury room was 11l0Vl'cJ to til(' prl',iding ()\ l'r st'\ l'ral eiiffprt'nt third Hoor ,wei ha., [wen carpl'll,d countil'~ with the l'nal tnwnt oi till' ancl elrdpt'd. TIll' iormer jury room i'> 1lJB2 ll'gi~latuIl'\ judicial rt'eli, now a part of the vault, which Iric ting plan. allo\\'s mort' ,pan' for storing rl'C I)rior to till' act, tilt' 1 Sth District ord'> and c rp,ltpd a work area as illt ludl'd Sherman, Thom,ls, Shni \\'l'll. dan, Cr aham, anel Roob counties. TIl(' Phillips County courthouse Aitl'r till' al I, till' distril t includl'd no\\' h,1'> u.'ntral air conditioning and JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT I Chpvl'nlll', Rawlins, SI1l'rm.ln, Ill',lling. TIll' Courtroolll h.1' bl'l'n HON. KAY McFARLAND, justice 1 homas, Slll'ricl,ln, \\.'allall'. anei p,lintl'd ,md ("rpdl'd. logan (ounti,''>, ,1 Iwt g,lin of t\\O District 12-Admini~lr,1Ii\l' judgl' Rl'di,tric ting .11'>0 (hangl'd till' ( lJlUlI il", Ril h,ml \\. Wahl\ di~lril 1 \\.l~ ,11 hound,lril''' of thl' 1-th [)i~lri( t. 13(, rlw gl'ogr,lphic.l1 ch'lnge h,l'> tIl(' top lIf ",lIl~a~ di~tril h in tilt' ion' tl)(' (h,mgt', tht' clis pronlOtl'd progrl's, in Ilw dislric I ll'gi~ldti\l' qu,lrtl'rl\ c,hdlow ~tdti~til ~ during tri( t imludl'd Cl1l'\l'nl)(" R,1\\ lin" \\ Ith I jth [)i~tric t judgl'~ "Iwnding ~11l' \ l',lr \\ hill' handling ()f1(' 01 tl)(' [)pcatur, ~orton, Phillip,>, Smith and Il','> tin1l' Oil till' rl),lci ,mel I1lml' tinH' '>I,lt("~ hight,q l,N'locl(b on ,1 pl'r ()sborrH' countips. Dut' to rl'cii~tril t with c dSl' di.,po,>itioll. llldgl' h,hi~ for Chaptl'r flO, d()nll'"til ing, Cr,Ji1dm COUllt\' hl'( ,H)ll' a 1-tl1 Ju~tite~ of the Kan~a~ Suprl'nw (ourt irom left: H(In. Kay Ml Farland, Harold S. Herd, Ril h,ml \\. Holml", Chil,t Ju~li( l' AifrNI C. Slhroeder, Alex ,\1Ul h \\,1'. d( llH11pli'>lwd to r(' rt'l,llioll~ ,lIld f('loll\ l rilllillal (,hl'~ Di.,trill (OUllt\ ,mel Chl'\c'nlll' ,u", M. homml', D,l\id Pragl'r and Rohl'rf H. Milll'r. dUll' Chl' dpld\ during till' \ l',Jr. tl'rlllill.1tl'd during tilt' "t'ar. R,l\\ lin'> (ounti('~ \\l'll' pil h'd up b\ Kl'l'ping P,llP \\ ith till' progrp~, \\CIl' [)i~trict r11,lgi~tratl'" of til(' 12th thl' 1)th Di,tric t. llprilal impr()\l'ml'nt~ in till' (Il'rk~' [)i~tri( t W('rt' rq~LJI(Hlv .1,,~igllt'd to ~it ofiicl'~ \\ l1l'fl' OI1l'-\\Titl' ,ll counting ill j()hn~oll, DOLJgl,l~, CI,1\'. Rill'\ ,llld 23rd District-Adrnini,trati\p ,lnti nl'\\ uniform ,1PIll'ardnn' [\on cOLJntie~. During tlwir ,lb judgl' Stp\'l'n p, Flood \\(), tl)(' third dockl'h h,1\ l' h('l'n impll'l1lc'ntl'ci. Kansas Court of Appeals ~t'Il( l', tlw other rnclgl.,tr,ltl'~ l 0\ eH,d judgc' in thl' Fir,t judl( ial Dl'part tilt' \ ,ll ,1f1( \' ill ,lddition to tlll'ir own 17th District-Major rl'rllodl'ling nll'nt to hd\l' hound,Hil'~ c hangl'd (ourt. jlldgl' \\"lhl. Illl'.1fl\vhill', projects in thrl'l' of .\dmini~trati\ l' h\ till' jllil2 Ll'gislatun'. TIll' di'>tril t 1ll',H(I ,h~iglll'd (,N'~ in R('lll) ,lilt! ludge' Charll',> \\.'mdl'n\ .,i\ (ourt originalh illcludl'd \\',lliall', logall, S,llill(, l ()lIllti('~ ,lIld ~,lt \\ ith thl' hOLhc'~ \\ l'r(' undl'rldkl'n during eml', Trl'go ,lilt! flli~ l OLllllil's. 1'\0\\ ('ourt of .\PPl',ll~ lor .1 ~P('( i.1l pu~11 1(jil2, il1lluding Dt'c,ltur, ~orton it inlILld('~ C;O\{' 1rl'go, f IIis, ,lIld to l'.1'>(' tl1.ll (Olirt'~ d()( kl't. (11)(1 Phillips lountil'~, ,-\11 thn'l' Rook~ (Ountil". ~p\\ l'rnpl{)\('p,> in till' 12th 1)1'> l ourtlH llhl'~ I1m\ 11,1\ l' l'1('\ ,1tOI'. [)urrng thl' \l',l1 lilt' USl' 01 ,1 Lllli- tril t illt IUlll' f lOll, B()IH1Il' J. \\ iI~on, \\ 11() \\ ,1'> '>\\ {1I1l in .1', dl~tril t 1ll,1gi~ ---~.~ .. --- ,------. --,-.'-- - _. ~ tr.ltl' to '>Ulll'{'d judgl' Ill'llI\ Ru,,,t'll ----7 \\ho dil't! ill ollit l', Rit,l -\d,llll j()illl,t! i till' l (Jurt ~l'r\il l" oll!{ {' ,lilt! I Uld I I I 17 BI,lIl 20 , 1 On a sad note, Justice Fromme died October 25, 1982, after having ably served on the Supreme Court for more than 16 years. His dedication and un form bond schedule was imple bounding energy will be greatly cution, citations, trial docket sheets mented throughout the district as missed. judges' minutes, bench warrants' were uniform pretrial jury question garnishments, subpoenas, motio~ District 3-The Supreme Court naires. A program of permanent in docket sheets, alias warrants and named Hon. William R. Carpenter terdistrict cross-assignment of mag case jacket caption labels. administrative judge of the 3rd Dis istrate and district judges 'n In October 1981, computer-gen trict upon the resignation of Hon. E. northwest Kansas also was imple erated labels for process and war Newton Vickers as administrative mented during the year. rants and writing the warrant letter judge at midyear. The 3rd District is In Ellis County, one :Jay has been for the sheriff's department on all a one-county district consisting of set aside each week for domestic civil bench warrants issued were Shawnee County. matters and a modified one-day, phased in. The number of civil cases pending one-trial jury system has been The following month, computer for two or more years dropped 23 adopted. Patsy O'Connor was pro readable statistical tapes began percent during the year, a result of moted from temporary part-time to eliminating the need for manual intense scrutiny by all judges in the permanent part-time as a Trial Court work for reporti ng case statistics to district. Clerk I. the Office of Judicial Administra JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT II Hon. james P. Buchele was tion. 28th District-Administrative HON. ALEX M. FROMME, Justice named to a judgeship that was Accounting also is automated. Judge M. V. Hoobler and other created effective July 15, 1981. To The 3rd District has continued its in one location, rather than spread Dickinson, Marion, Morris and judges in the 28th District have District 2-1982 was a year of accommodate the new position, all program of collecting restitution for among three floors. Courtroom 2, Geary counties. made major changes in divorce case change for the 2nd District that in the area previously used by the ju Shawnee County crime victims. A housed in rental space outside the management by giving automatic cluded the retirement of Hon. john venile division was renovated to total of $199,523 in restitution was building, was relocated adjacent to District 21-Adm i n istrative Judge hearing settings subject to being W. Brookens, who had l'een a dis provide chambers and courtrooms collected during the year. Before the clerk's office and court services jerry L. Mershon was appointed in continued for cause. The judges also trict judge since 1965. He was suc for both the judge of the juvenile court unification in 1977, the resti officers have been moved to the that capacity shortly after the end of are working on adoption of sen ceeded by Hon. Tracy Klinginsmith division and a district court judge. tution collections totaled about courthouse. the fiscal year upon the resignation tencing guidelines in criminal cases who had been an associate district There are now five jury courtrooms $10,000. Restitution collections in The renovation provided for the of Hon. Ronald D. Innes. as a means of reducing disparity in judge since 1977. and five small nonjury courtrooms creased with the designation of completion of a third courtroom, During fiscal 1982, the district sentencing. Jefferson County District Court available for 12 judges. court services officers as restitution conference space, administrative fully implemented one-write ac In Saline County, a new jury was given more space on the top In another personnel change, coordinJtors with the specific re and clerical offices and two addi counting procedures and new ap management system has been floor of the courthouse, which has Joyce D. Reeves was appointed sponsibility (along with other duties) tional judges' chambers. pearance dockets and automated adopted in which a member of a been converted to a much-needed clerk of the district court to succeed of determining restitution amounts Contracts for a second phase of preparation of various documents, jury panel is released after serving second courtroom, additional office Lorene Wells. and the concentrated effort of the the remodeling project were signed such as summonses, garnishments on one jury. Jurors called in for a and storage space. Regarding computerization, the officers to ensure offenders honor in May 1982. and subpoenas. case but not seated as jurors are on Both Pottawatomie and jackson district now has automated both their responsibility to the victim. Courtrooms in Dickinson and The district installed a "without call for the remainder of the month; counties have implemented a pro Chapter 60 and 61 cases. The sys Marion counties were refurbished recourse" program for checks made however, they are not called again gram of paying juror fees and mile tem now generates most papers District 8-Adm i n istrative Judge with carpeting and sound-baffle payable to the clerk and cooperated until the remainder of the panel has age immediately upon completion necessary for the flow of the cases, William D. Clement's district un panels installed on windows in the with the Riley County commission been called. In the past, all jurors of service. Both counties also have including summonses, aids in exe- derwent a series of changes involv Dickinson courtroom. Unification ers in leasing additional space for remained on the panel for the entire installed copy machines in the court ing physical facilities, personnel and into one clerk of the court's office court services officers. The officers month and many were required to offices. procedure during fisCJI 1982. Most was completed in Morris County. are now all under one roof. serve on more than one case. A cer The district is using a "tickler" chJnges were implemented to im Personnel changes in the district The district's microfilm program tificate of appreciation is given to system to detect delinquent ac prove accessibility Jnd availability included the retirement of Lillian has been converted to microfiche jurors upon completion of service. countings in guardianship and con of the courts to the public. Newman as clerk of the court in and many of the old filmed cases Hon. David S. Knudson, Salina, servatorship cases. The system was The change having the greatest Junction City after 24 years of ser have been transferred from cassette was appointed district judge upon devised after it became apparent impact in the district was comple vice. She was succeeded by Rita to fiche. the retirement of Judge Raymond E. those cases needed to be monitored tion of the first phase of a remodel Cooper, present clerk of the court. In Riley County, a microcomputer Haggart in October 1981. Judge more intently to guard against mis ing project in the junction City Diane Nusbaum vvas named trial has been purchased, and it is being Haggart died in May 1982. Darlene appropriation of funds and comply 8 Courthouse. County offices were court administrator during the year. programmed to place accounts re Stover was appointed to clerk of the with statutes call ing for annual re moved outside the courthouse, New nonjudicial staff include Mel ceivable criminal cases in the com- district court in Ottawa upon the portings. leaving only court and county attor anie Waters, Judy Fielder, jennifer . puter. retirement of Esther Plunkett. The 2nd District includes Pot Case Filings Up D ney functions in the building. Ren Eller, Tom Willis, JoAnne Noble, The 21st District includes Riley The 28th Judicial District includes tawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson and ovation then allowed the office of Mina Brown, Gwen Estes and La and Clay counties. Ottawa and Saline counties. Wabaunsee counties. Case Filings Down D clerk of the court to become unified Neta Kerner. The district includes 22 ~---~~~.. _- --- system, checks are endorsed without in the criminal area, the judges The 1st judicial District includes have far outpaced population recourse to parties or their attorneys, implemented a plan for early elimi Atchison and Leavenworth counties. changes. a time saver for the court as well as nation of those criminal cases where The year saw several changes that District 4-Administrative judge faster service for the recipient. guilty pleas are involved. The pro were designed to save time and Floyd H. Coffman has seen case Changes were made in the area of gram required the cooperation of the 'llOney. For example, mailboxes for loads in his six-county judicial dis case management, including a new dbtrict attorney for the early setting attvneys were placed in the clerk's trict increase substantially during monthly motion docket for faster of criminal cases. immediately after office ior daily pickup instead of ev 1982, although it is being staffed by settings for general motions. the preliminary hedl:!lg, or its erything being sent through the waiver, each defendant is arraigned. about the same number of persons. District 22-Administrative judge postal service. Mail that is not After arraignment, the case is All six clerks of the court have Robert Gernon saw much activity picked up by Friday is then mailed. scheduled for pretrial the following continued in service since 1977, during the year, which ranged from A combination mailer for jury week. The changes provide a firm having last run for elective office in installation of a courtroom recording summons was implemented in july, calendar that minimizes last minute 1974. The senior district court clerk system for Marshall County hearings JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT III 1981, which resulted in combined docket changes. in the 4th District is Ruby Sanford of to several public relations projects. SUIYl'l10nSes, an information sheet, Through the cooperative effort of HaN. RICHARD W. HOLMES, Justice Franklin County who has completed A grant was obtained from the questionnaire and return envelope. local mental health agencies, the 40 years of service in the judicial Helvering Trust for the instal12tion of District l-Administrative judge At midyear, cash no longer was police department and the courts, Branch, including 11 years as dis a recording system in Marshall JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT IV Kenneth Harmon witnessed a year accepted for child support pay the nature of handling status offend trict clerk. County. The system includes com of many changes with several ren ments. All money is paid through the ers in Wyandotte County has under HON. DAVID PRAGER, Justice Since court unification, a separate plete sets of microphones and con ovations to court facilities and em clerk's office by check or money gone a dramatic change during the District 6-Administrative judge court building has come into use in trols for two courtrooms, with one ployee promoticns. order, payable to the former spouse, past year. in essence, the court has Charles M. Warren's district focused Franklin County. The court in the recorder available on a stand with The Atchison County District so that recording and mailing i~ all been able to eliminate 99 percent of on community relations during 1982 other five counties of the district rollers for both courtrooms. A sys Court and clerk of court's office that is required. inquiries about a status referrals from coming before with apparent excellent results. continue to occupy chambers in the tem of indexing the proceedings has completed the first of a three-year payment may n'Jt be done by phone the court in either formal or informal Central to improving relations in traditional courthouses. Plans are been put in place. phase of remodeling and consolida and must be requested in person or actions. the community was the district's underway for a new law enforce Miriam Thomas was appointed tion. The project includes providing in writing. The result has been that other policy of attempting to call citizens ment section in the courthouse in Doniphan County clerk to succeed additional courtroom space on the And instead of processing checks agencies can expedite intervention for jury duty for only one time. The Coffey County, which will include a Alice Crane, who retired after many second floor, remodeling of the old for garnishments and judgments with a more positive outcome and it program has helped relieve some of new jail, as well as major remodel years in the position. Sue Luke, a courtroom, and providing additional through the court's bookkeeping has allowed the court to direct its the businesses from being without ing and expansion of the area avail graduate of Missouri Western, was space in the clerk's offices so that all energies into other areas of major employees as frequently as in the able to the courts. named court services officer in Mar court functions can be handled on concern, such as restitution and past. Some, who are able to serve Judicial Department III shall County after 15 years of service one floor. Before the remodeling, District 7-The major change for child abuse referrals. more than once, are recalled for in the 22nd District. Atchison County had a courtroom District judge james W. Paddock, The 29th District has continued its duty. juror:> are given an orientation judge Gernon gave the principal and a clerk's office on each of the administrative judge of the one computer program that was begun session when they report that in morning talk at the Marshall County first three floors of the courthouse. county district consisting of Douglas in 1973. The computer system now cludes a question and answer Covernment Dav and rarticipated The second phase of the remod County, during 1982 was the addi automatically recognizes when spe period. in a morning talk show which re eling consists of constructing a tion of a fourth division of district cial reports to attorneys, judges or Other COIl lunity relations proj sulted in the interviewer's news judge's office on the second floor, court. Former district attorney, Mi other agencies are required. For ex ects include county government media award of the Kansas Bar As construction of restroom facilities chael Malone, was named to the ample, when a summons or gar day, when students from the various sociation. He also presented several and a new hallway. The third phase judgeship, which was created by the nishment is entered on the appear high schools visit the courthouse. other programs explaining the role will consist of additional air condi 1982 Legislature. ance docket, the computer Three students stay in the clerk's tioning and heating improvements, The new judgeship was created in of the judicial Branch. automatically prints the required office during the day and a mock additional flooring and remodeling light of a large increase in the District 29-Administrative judge paperwork on a laser printer, a rela trial is conducted by the judges and the foyer for greater publ ic cOlwe number of major case filings that Leo j. Moroney has seen significant tively new printer developed by the local attorneys. juvenile court ser nience. The county is committed to were unequalled anywhere in the progress in almost all phases of Xerox Corporation. All motions and vices officers visit schools and orga retaining the historical beauty that state. Over the preceding two years, operations in the District Court of notices are automatically prepared nizations in an effort to explain the has been a part of the courthouse Douglas County recorded a 41 per Wyandotte County. A united effort by the computer. The system's index court system. Other court employ since it was started. cent increase in filings. If the filings by the judges there to reduce the program also provides that a query ees explain small claims, criminal New nonjudicial employees in were measured over the three pre pending civil caseload resulted in by name will produce all the infor case procedures, probate, and pro the district include Roland E. Dut vious years, the percentage would fewer pending cases by the end of mation needed about any litigation cedures for obtaining a marriage li ton, julie A. Booe, Karla C. jagusch, have been 73 percent. Although the year. The overall reduction of in the court system from the type of cense. Allen Liebeno, Phyllis Marshall, Douglas County has had a signifi D Case Filings Up pending cases was 21 percent over case involved to the amount of Several improvements in clerical Charlene T. Herod and Kristine L. cant population growth in recent 1981. judgment and liens. procedures made fiscal 1982 a good Polley. years, the increase in case filings D Case Filings Down 24 year in the 6th District. The 6th Dis ployees since 1977. County. and Chase counties. In Lyon County, imum anyway, as six members of trict includes the counties of Miami, In other computer-related areas, The county has nearly eliminated all probate records through 1978 the staff have 10 years or more ser Linn and Bourbon. Johnson County's criminal depart the "key-man" request for excuse were microfilmed. The project in vice. Three of them have 16, 21 and Distl'ict 10-Jury Management, ment has been on-line for several often made by companies and busi Chase County was scheduled for 24 years of continuous experience. computerization, the court trustee years and the civil department was nesses. The reduction in the number completion in December 1982. During the year, judgment and and adult probation are a few of the added more than a year ago. Each of such requests resulted from a Judges in the district now rotate mechanics liens dockets have been activities emphasized in Johnson judge in the disiTict now has the public information program to en weekly for duty calls after court updated by switching from large, County, Administrative Judge Lewis ability to make entries on the case courage businesses to not request hours. A pager has been leased and heavy docket books to small Rolo C. Smith's one-county district during docket. that their highly trained or key per a judge is readily available when dex dockets. Most checks that arrive 1982. Regular semiannual dismissal lists sonnel be excused because that needed. The magistrate judge in the at the civil department are sent on A jury coordinator's offi-:c was are now prepdred with computer quality of juror is needed to serve on 5th District has been assigned to without recourse, saving both time established in January 1981 to im assistance, as are the preparation of cases. Previously about 40 percent each county on certain days to hear and money. plement the new jury management garnishments and summonses. of all jurors were excused for the specific cases. Visiting magistrate A watchword for the 9th District "key-man" reason, but the record judges were assigned to the district during 1982 was management as tool of "one day or one trial." As the District l1-Administrative Judge now reflects that of 825 jury sum on Fridays to hear criminal and traf keeping the older cases cleared out name implies, prospective jurors re Richard D. Loffswold found himself JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT V monses issued since the effort, only fic cases. of the dockets played a major role port on the first day and if not se at the head of the 11 th District after 12 have requested to be and were HON. ROBERT H. MILLER, Justice The district is using the one-day, during the year. Case management lected, they are excused and have its two senior trial judges died un excused. one-trial jury management system, was joined with a new work-restitu fulfilled their obligation for a statu expectedly. Judge William P. Meek District 5-Administrative Judge As a reward to the businesses for as well as a telephone call-in system tion program by the court services tory one-year period. Those serving of Baxter Springs died in December Gary Rulon's district saw many their cooperation, the district imple to avoid unnecessary appearances officers in McPherson County who as jurors hear one trial and are ex 1981 and Judge Don Musser of changes during the year, ranging mented a new policy of using a juror for jury duty. began working with local agencies cused. The system relieves much of Pittsburg died as a result of a traffic from court rules and remodeling to on only one actual trial and then A community work program was to assign nonviolent probationers to the burden jury service sometimes accident in January. microfilming and a community work excusing the juror for that term. program. implemented during the year. It in work off their fines by performing caused and improved the represent Succeeding Judge Meek is David Jurors are placed on a "reserve" list volved 15 community agencies who community service. ativeness of the panels. F. Brewster of Baxter Springs. Judge A new set of court rules and ad after they have been called six times provided work for 1 7 nonviolent of The district's court trustee found Donaid L. Allegrucci of Pittsburg ministrative orders was developed District 13-Much of the admin and are not called again unless the fenders. The program was lauded by new use for computer services dur was appointed to fill Judge Musser's and implemented, many of which istrative efforts in Hon. Page W. court runs out of jurors or is low on the attorney general near the end of ing 1982 as data processing pro !Josition. assisted in the delay reduction pro Benson's district was directed at im them. the fiscal year. Chase and Lyon vided a capability for controlling Despite the judicial staff changes, gram and better case management. plementing ~uggestions made during The jury management program is counties make up this district. active cases by preparing delin the 11 th District accomplished In Lyon County, the entire second a productivity review that was un rounded out with increased expla quency notices, case histories, fi much during the fiscal year, includ floor of the courthouse was desig District 9-Administrative Judge dertaken in August 1981 in Butler nation for any delays and of the nancial and statistical reports, and ing the adoption of-an administrative nated for court operation. Extensive Sam H. Sturm continued his cross County. court system, and a certificate of disbursement of support payments. procedure to enable the administra remodeling was done which re training program for court employ The report, requested by the ad appreciation for jury service. I The extensive use of on-line data tive judge and court administrator to sulted in all the clerks being located ees in Harvey and McPherson ministrative judge, has been used to In another administrative area, the processing has allowed the staff to monitor Chapter 60 cases which are in one area. In addition, a new counties, which has solved person assist the other courts in the district district has implemented a new pro remain at the same number of em- two years old or older. courtroom was constructed and fur nel problems that would otherwise to achieve uniformity. /' cedure for scheduling jury trials, Computerized jury selection for nished. exist during vacation, illness and A switch to one-write accounting trials to the court, discovery confer Judicial Department IV Crawford and Labette counties was Also, during the year a microfilm filling vacancies. Such problems in in Butler County was among ences and pretrial conferences to t developed during the year, and the ing project was undertaken in Lyon the 9th District are held to a min- changes resulting from the produc accommodate the dates that judges district continued its ongoing project tivity review. And the court discon and lawyers know with a reasonable D in which the court is working jointly tinued its practice of banking with Case Filings Up degree of certainty they will be with the area news media to develop the county treasurer. Upon consoli available. dation of the clerks' offices, they will MIAMI a policy statement and guidelines The district ended a former D regarding bench-media relations use only one bank account. process of having all probationers judicial Department V Case Filings Down 6 and day-ta-day trial coverage. Several changes in record keeping and parolees appearing on the The 11 th District includes Wilson, were implemented during the year, opening term of court to determine Neosho, Crawford, Labette and including filing criminal bonds in their progress or lack thereof. This is Cherokee counties. the original case file instead of in a now being done by court services separate file. District 14-A good deal of Ad officers on a daily basis. D In the court services area, the dis Case Filings Up ministrative Judge Kenneth D. The 14th District was a one trict has el iminated special ization. David's efforts during the year was county district consisting of Mont 30 All court services officers' caseioads directed toward improving jury gomery County, but now includes D are now made up of both adult and BARBER management in Montgomery Chautauqua County as well. Case Filings Down juvenile probationers. The result has 26 . -, ---~------'- -- ~-.. ,~ .. r District l8-Administrative Judge Administration of the district lected clerk of the district court for planning stage include preparation James J. Noone oversaw complete should be more effective and ad Rice County to succeed Judy Starnes of a comprehensive records and computerization of Sedgwick ministrative changes can be more who resigned and Carolyn Burns 5pace management plan, a juvenile County's domestic department, in easily and rapidly accomplished be was named clerk in Barton County. code workshop and an investigation cluding alimony and child support cause of the boundary changes. The Finally, John Isern was named chief into the possibility of computerizing during fiscal 1982, which comple new smaller district is now homo court services officer to succeed certain district court functions. mented previous computerization of geneous, where it was not before. Nusbaum. Counties in the 20th District in the traffic and jury sections. By District 30-At the beginning of Programs and projects of note clude Russell, Barton, Ellsworth, year's end, the district was in the the fiscal year, the 30th Judicial during the year include the consoli Rice and Stafford. final testing stages for placing the District did not exist. The five coun dation of the clerk's offices in Rice criminal department on computer. ties comprising the present 30th County and preparation of a judge's District 24-Administrative Judge The civil department now uses a District ,vere a part of the 19th Dis Handbook on Court Services Officer C. Phillip Aldrich oversaw extensive minicomputer in calling the order trict, together with Cowley County. Procedures. In November 1981, a remodeling in the Pawnee County in-aid docket, an ordeal for attor The 30th District now includes review committee from the Office of courtroom used by the district mag neys, litigants and judges that had Judicial Administration conducted a istrate judge. One large courtroom Pratt, Kingman, SumnPf, Harper and JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT VI grown to over 500 cases each Friday Barber counties. productivity review of the Barton was divided and became a smaller HON. HAROLD S. HERD, Justice and took nearly two hours to call. Administrative Judge Clarence E. County District Court. As part of an one with two adjacent offices. Ceil The inexpensive computer now has ongoing review process, other ings were lowered and central air Renner was appointed by the Su District 16-Through the efforts eliminated the need for individually counties in the district will be re and heat were installed. There was preme Court to leCld the district and of Ellen Erwin, Comanche County typed motion sheets, created a mas viewed while some of the commit no air conditioning prior to the re was elevated from associate district clerk of the district court, new fur ter docket of cases, created I ists for tee's recommendations are being modeling project. Pawnee County judge to district judge by Governor nishings were obtained for the each attorney of his cases on the adopted in Barton County. John Carlin. Han. William H. Yan county's courtroom. Plans are con now has two modern and attractive docket, created an alphabetical list Judges in the district switched to courtrooms in addition to the added been an increase in the staff cohe dell was named associate district tinuing for redecorating the court of persons to be examined who are an individual calendar system in office space. sion, more equal caseloads and a judge to take Judge Renner's former room. in attendance from which the judge January 1982, and in March court In March 1982, the Pawnee more generalized expertise enabling position. Kiowa County District Court also calls the docket, prints a report sheet room remodeling projects were un County district court began paying any staff member to handle any sit On July 1, 1981, the one-write received major renovation during for each court file that indicates dertaken in both Ellsworth and Bar jurors the day of trial, resulting in a uation that arises. Judges have accounting system was imple the year, according to District Judge whether the person to be examined ton counties. savings of time and money, as well begun using court services officers mented in five out of the six counties Don C. Smith, administrative judge. was present, not present, or ex Consolidation of court services as promoting good relations with to investigate custody needs in di in the old 19th District and was The improvements include new cused, and has reduced the time for offices in Great Bend and a pro jurors. vorce cases where custody is at proving effective as a time-saving paneling and carpeting: District calling the docket from two hours to posed training program for clerks of Judge Aldrich also started a pro issue. and convenient method of account Magistrate Judge Pauline Schwarm about 15 minutes. the district court in the district cedure in February 1982 to collect In May 1982, a cash payment ing. The sixth, Sumner County, has oversaw the project, which included Also during the year, Hon. Paul rounded out the year. Projects in the back child support. When a party program for jury duty system was installed a computer system using the addition of window drapes. implemented in Butler County. The Clark was appointed to succeed the one-write system as its basis. District 20-For Administrative system has made it po~sible for Hon. Paul Thomas who resigned to During the year in Pratt County, jurors to serve without undue hard return to private practice on Sep the magistrate division of the district Judge Herb Rohleder, fiscal 1982 Judicial Department VI ships, as well as saving time and cost tember 30, 1981. court was moved from the second was a year of substantial change in the county clerk's office. District 19-Action by the 1982 floor of the courthouse to the fourth highlighted by turnover in keyem Meanwhile, the district found Legislature changed the composi floor. The move resulted in a new ployees and a series of new pro time for several community relations tion of Hon. Robert L. Bishop's dis magistrate courtroom for District grams and projects. projects, including government day trict. The district now is a one Magistrate Judge Wellter McCI,lUs On October 17,1981, Diane 24 Nusbaum resigned as chief court RUSH in which high school students tour county district consisting of Cowley key. GA[hE'l '\ol'H'TA SCOTT LAf.l: NESS services officer to accept an ap the courts, career day in which stu County, while Sumner, Harper, The district court now occupies pointment as trial court administra dents having an interest in clerical or Barber, Kingman and Pratt counties the third and fourth floors of the tor of the 8th District. Hugh N. Za 25 probation work spend Cl day in the now comprise the new 30th District. courthouse. The COllrt services office tiOOGEMAN vadil was named trial court appropriate office participating, Judge Bishop was appointed act was moved from the Law Enforce HAMIL~, l'~ II! AH'~£ " FrNNE'r ~ ,'\\M~L~', administrator following an extended where possible, in the daily job ing administrative judge of the ment Center to the fourth floor. 16 selection process. In. November duties, and Law Day. newly constituted district upon the Olive Ghormley, long-time clerk (.HAl FORP 1981, N. J. "Jeanne" Becker was ..,rA"'!,l" GHANT HASKEll "Il) .... " The district judges hosted a legis retirement of Han. Doyle E. White of the district court in Harper D appointed district magistrate judge lative dinner for all legislators hav on February 17, 1982. Judge Bishop County, retired during the year. She Case Filings Up for Russell County, succeeding A. L. 26 ing a constituency in the 13th Dis was appointed administrative judge was succeeded by Debra Mardis, c.1 Hall, who resigned. ,,~, 1f.I 1 l"" ~, 1f "f r-.', Sf\.. ARO .,11 A~lt , .Att'" CO'oMNCHf trict. on June 1, 1982. former deputy clerk. D Mary Breese of Lyons was se- Case FiJin s Down 28 two Vietnamese defendants. The Counties in the 26th District in defendants were acquitted. clude Grant, Haskell, Morton, A significant administrative order Seward, Stanton and Stevens. adopted in the district has elimi District 27-Administrative Judge o nated instances of "judge shopping" Porter K. Brown saw the appoint f~ ! l~ 1...1'=-..=.-==-. Z-,..2.. %. ::=.. ~ ~ 3:t. 1:'::;: r ::;: ::. ~ -=::. "l<:. ;;::a. .:.t:" ::::: :;;::'.{ ::::::: :z ::::r 'x:; ::::.:: lZ. :::: x f~ and allows the district magistrate ment of William Lyle as a district • -' =- L::-'7-..~ --:- ...... ~ .... ::"""'~_~:-~--_ --~ ....::.': ... '"-~;:-'_":-~~~~=':~";!"_..:..t: _r::: :::=+ :n:..~:;:: .:z.~;:.. -=:: ::: ::: 1 judges to develop expertise in their judge to succeed Hon. J. Stanley Hill Ii area of jurisdiction. The order in who resigned. Judge Lyle was an volves scheduling daily criminal associate district judge in Reno docket calls and setting specific days County, which is a one-county judi required to pay support fails to do so for magistrate level hearings. cial district. The nominating proce for 60 days, an order to appear be The district changed check-out ======dure for an appointment to the as 'k~! ~: ~ ~ ~ ~~.== ~ ,.,.=~:== - .,. ~=;.':lll! procedures from the docket system fore the court is issued. During the sociate district judgeship he vacated i..---=--.::... --=-"C-;-";::~-'-~-::"C"':_-:--' _c_':-_::.,,--::,_c_",,,,",..,-_" '-=-:.;:-:L."",". ':'-:1:._"" ••"'::. "'" ,,,,,... :C:: .. ::': .. _7 __ "':. :re :-:: _ short time the procedure was in ef to that of using files-out folders in resulted in the gubernatorial ap fect, more than $16,500 in ar Finney County. Districtwide, the pointment of Hon. David Brown. rearages was collected. check-out time for files has been The one-write accounting system !1 '- - - ..I :::J II i, ( Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane and limited so that files do not remain was implemented in the district dur Ij ~.:: ~. II ,) h ~j H .1I' Rush counties all began using the out of the clerk's office for longer ing the year. l1 iJ If " \1 '1 ti I," ~( ,; " II one-write bookkeeping system in than two weeks. I 11 w }I ~ q Ij July 1981. In the personnel area, Diana Jones .' " " Personnel changes included the was named chief clerk of the 25th appointment of Leola Hess as a clerk District to succeed Rose Murray 11 of Hodgeman County District Court who retired after 17 years of service. 11 I !' " 'I IrJ j :.. ):] ~) H The criminal, juvenile and traffic , Ii I ~ i \~ it and Penny Myers as a trial court j l"r) ti I; I' H I 'j fi rj clerk. divisions of Finney County were -1 ,I )1 H rt ! tl I) LI Ii Counties in the 24th District in moved to the new Finney County clude Pawnee, Rush, Ness, Hodge Law Enforcement Center in March man, Edwards and Lane. 1982. i n ,1 I 1"1 II 25-Hon. J. Stephen District 26-A major accom '1 , iI H District ! I 1 \1 n Il Ii I Nyswonger, administrative judge, plishment in Hon. Keaton G. Duck I' i1 :, H b [I H I' I, I I: j p' was among those welcoming the worth's district was the implemen ;,,;J k J " " accession of Judge Philip C. Vieux tation of a program in which jurors who was appointed to a new posi are paid cash the day of the trial. The Appendix tion created by action of the 1982 program, although authorized for all I :1 I. i Legislature. six counties in the district, so far has 1.1 t Upon Judge Vieux's swearing in, been used only in Seward, Stanton I Ii " the existing caseload was divided and Stevens counties. H ,. between the district judge and the Besides winning the hearts of citi zens called to jury duty, the county two associate district judges in the Chief Justice Alfred G. Schroeder is the ad district. clerk and the county commissioners, ministrative head of the Kansas Judicial the program has reduced from 12 to II !i n The year saw one of the more Branch and as such has the final respon ! H U J' unusual trials in Kansas when five five the number of steps required to sibility for the efficient operation of our '( interpreters speaking three lan summon and pay jurors, according courts. guages were required for the trial of to Faye Shoemaker, chief clerk. ;1 II Ii ;i H H ;1 :1 Ij Ii !I II II I] 30 Terry L. Bullock (DJ) 8th Judicial District (Dickinson, * Richard D. Loffswold (ADJ), James P. Buchele (DJ) Geary, Marion, and Morris coun Crawford County Franklin R. Theis (ADJ) ties) John C. Gariglietti (ADJ), Craw James H. Hope (ADJ) John F. Christner (DJ), Dickin ford County Kansas Judicial Districts (30) Mary Schowengerdt (ADJ) son County Daniel L. Brewster (ADJ), La Bill G. Honeyman (ADJ) * William D. Clement (DJ), Geary bette County Matthew J. Dowd (AD J) County Richard L. Ashley (DMJ), Neo 17 12 22 George F. Scott (ADJ)' Geary sho County REPuBLIC BROWN o~ (Allen, Ander CHEYENNE RAWLINS DECATUR rlORTm, PHILLIPS SMITH JEWELL WASHtrlGTON MARSHALL t~EMAHA 4th Judicial District County B. J. LaTurner (DMJ), Cherokee son, Coffey, Franklin, Osage, and Melvin Gradert (ADJ), Marion County 15 CLOUD ~ 1,,"""1~ Woodson counties) County Dwaine Spoon (DMJ), Wilson MITCHEL.l 9 SHERMAN THOMAS SHERIDAN GRAHAM R:JQKS OSBORNE 21UA't ~'''''''_ ~'"~" ,"OATH"'~ * Floyd H. Coffman (DJ), Franklin ~ H>Ll~ 1JE~ '"'VAN Tom Nold (DMJ), Dickinson County 3 DOTTE County OTTA,';" County LINCOLN GEARY 'HA,V." 12th Judicial District (Cloud, 23 8 I 7.... 10 John W. \Mhite (DJ), Allen Clarence L. Sawyer (DMJ), WAB~UNSEE DOUGLAS JOHNSON WALLACE LOGAN GOvE THEG(I El'... S I Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Repub RUSSELL 28 County Morris County SAll·.t DICKINSON lic, and Washington counties ELLSWORTH MORRIS Donald L. White (ADJ), Frank Richard W. Wahl (DJ), Cloud FRANKLIN 1.~'At.· lin County * 24 RUSh 20 5 ~ 9th Judicial District (Harvey and GREELEY WICHITA SCOTT LANE f.ess BARTON 9 County James J. Smith (ADJ), Anderson McPherson counties) RICE Me PHERSON MARION 4 6 " 32 ------ ------...---- - ~ .. ~ .... Waine L. Jones (DMJ), Chau Martha Kellogg (DMJ), Phillips 21st judicial District (Clay and 25th Judicial District (Finney, tauqua County County Riley counties) Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Betty McDonald (DMJ), Smith Paul E. Miller (OJ), Riley County 15th Judicial District (Cheyenne, and Wichita counties) County Jerry L. Mershon (OJ), Riley Logan, R.awlins, Sheridan, Sher * * J. Stephen Nyswonger (OJ), County Finney County man, Thomas, and Wallace 18th Judicial District (Sedgwick counties) Harlan W. Graham (ADJ), Riley Harrison Smith (ADJ), Finney County) County * Keith R. Willoughby (OJ), County Willis W. Wall (0)) Chester W. Kent (OM)), Clay Thomas County Philip C. Vieux (ADJ), Finney Ray Hodge (OJ) County County Jack L. Burr (ADJ), Sherman Keith Sanborn (OJ) County C. Ann Wilson (DMJ), Greeley David W. Kennedy (OJ) 22nd Judicial District (Brown, Frederick J. Hammers (DMJ), County * James J. Noone (OJ) Doniphan, Marshall, and Ne Cheyenne County Donna L. J. Blake (DMJ), Ham D. Keith Anderson (OJ) maha counties) ilton County Annabell M. Peck (DMJ), Logan Tom Raum (OJ) William L. Stevenson (OJ), County J. Russell Jennings (DMJ), Nicholas W. Klein (OJ) Brown County Kearny County Dorothy R. Reinert (DMJ), David P. Calvert (OJ) * Robert L. Gernon (A OJ), Brown Rawlins County Gordon Goering (DMJ), Scott Tyler C. Lockett (OJ) County County Ward Gilliland (DMJ), Sheridan Robert L. Morrison (0)) Virgil W. Begesse (DMJ), Don County Claude S. Heath, III (DMJ), Michael Corrigan (OJ) iphan County Wichita County Nellie L. Blakely (DMJ), Owen Ballinger (OJ) Maxine Cumro (DMJ), Marshall Thomas County Elliott Fry (ADJ) County 26th Judicial District (Grant, Has Logan Dobbs (DMJ), Wallace Paul Buchanan (AD)) Francis G. Holthaus (DMJ), Ne kell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, County Hal Malone (ADJ) maha County and Stevens counties) Ken Kimmel (ADJ) * Keaton G. Duckworth (OJ), 16th Judicial District (Clark, Co 23rd Judicial District (Ellis, Gove, James G. Beasley (ADJ) Morton County manche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Rooks, and Trego counties) Paul W. Clark (ADJ) Kim D. Ramey (ADJ), Seward Meade counties) * Steven P. Flood (OJ), Ellis Robert C. Helsel (AD)) County * Don C. Smith (OJ), Ford County County Ron Rogg (ADJ) K. T. Gregg (DMJ), Grant Jay Don Reynolds (ADJ), Ford Tom Scott (ADJ), Ellis County John E. Foulston (ADJ) County County Lawrence Litson (OM)), Gove David G. Rinehart (DMJ), Has Michael A. Freelove (DMJ), County Clark County 19th Judicial District (Cowley kell County Nancy Conyac (OM)), Rooks John Weckel (ADJ), Saline 30th Judicial District (Barber, Har L. E. Mike Murphey (DMJ), Co County) Shirley A. Ketchum (DMJ), County County per, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner manche County * Robert L. Bishop (OJ) Morton County Patricia C. Schremmer (OM)), Adrian Lapka (DMJ), Ottawa counties) Maurice Johnson (DMJ), David S. Lord (ADJ) Vance L. Whittington (DMJ), L. Trego County County * Clarence E.. Renner (DJ), Pratt Gray County Tom Pringle (ADJ) Stanton County County Pauline Schwarm (DMJ), Kiowa 24th Judicial District (Edwards, Verna Kay Mcqueen (DMJ), 29th Judicial District (Wyandotte William H. Yandell (A OJ), Har County 20th Judicial District (Barton, Ells Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Stevens County County) per County John Murphy (DMJ), Meade worth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford) and Rush counties) 27th judicial District (Reno James J. Lysaught (OJ) Thomas H. Graber (ADJ), County * Herb Rohleder (OJ), Barton * C. Phillip Aldrich (OJ), Pawnee County) William M. Cook (OJ) Sumner County County County Dean J. Smith (OJ) 17th Judicial District (Decatur, * Porter K. Brown (OJ) Lloyd K. McDaniel (ADJ), Barry A. Bennington (OJ), Staf Richard Miller (DMJ), Edwards John W. Mahoney (D)) Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phil William F. Lyle (OJ) Sumner County ford County County * Leo J. Moroney (OJ) lips, and Smith counties) Steven R. Becker (ADJ) Thomas L. McGuire (DMJ), William J. Laughlin (A OJ), Bar Virginia M. Schraeder (DMJ), Cordell D. Meeks, Jr., (OJ) * Charles E. Worden (OJ), Norton David L. Brown (ADJ) Barber County ton County Hodgeman County Wayne H. Phillips (OJ) County John Moore (DMj), Harper Clarence Kahler (DMJ), Ells Roger A. Yost (DMJ), Lane 28th Judicial District (Saline and Ralph D. Lamar (ADJ) Elmer J. Tacha (DMJ), Decatur County worth County County Ottawa counties) David Mikesic (AD)) County Gene Shay (DMJ), Kingman Don L. Alvord (DMJ), Rice Opal Burdett (DMJ), Ness * Morris V. Hoobler (OJ), Saline Matthew G. Podrebarac (ADJ) Pauline Coker (DMJ), Graham County County County County Bill D. Robinson, Jr., (ADJ) County W<;Ilter McClauskey (DMJ)' N. J. Becker (DMJ), Russell David Buster (DMJ), Pawnee David S. Knudson (OJ), Saline Philip L. Sieve (ADJ) Wilda June Brown (DMJ), Nor Pratt County County County County Lawrence G. Zukel (ADJ) ton County Lee Nusser (DMJ), Stafford Leonard A. Mastroni (DMJ), Gene B. Penland (ADJ), Saline Robert J. Foster (ADJ) Shirley Henderson (DMJ), Os County Rush County County Donald A. Hardy (ADJ) • Administrative Judge borne County • Administrative Judge 34 ------ 06-21-82 Logan Dobbs to 17th 12-14-81 Steven P. Flood to 15th 06-21-82 Patricia C. Schremmer to 17th 12-14-81 Tom Scott to 15th 06-21-82 Elmer J. Tacha to 15th 12-14-81 Logan Dobbs to 15th 06-21-82 Pauline Coker to 15th 12-14-81 Charles E. Worden to 15th 06-21-82 Wilda June Brown to 15th 06-21-82 01-11-82 Pauline Coker to Johnson 2 days Shirley Henderson to 15th 01-13-82 Rich.ml \N. Wahl to .28th 06-21-82 Martha Kellogg to 15th 06-21-82 Betty McDonald to 15th ul-iJ-8:': j\ tur II~ \'. I IUUlJH:~r tu j .;.(il 01-13-82 David S. Knudson to 12th 06-21-82 Lawrence Litson to 15th 01-13-82 John Weckel to 12th 06-21-82 Nancy Conyac to 15th 06-21-82 Patricia Schremmer to 15th 02-01-82 Clarence L. Sawyer to Lyon 1 day C. ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES 02-01-82 Jack D. Bradrick to Douglas 1 day Assignments to Retired Judges 02-01-82 Ardith Von Fange to Douglas (Cases heard outside of home district on assignment 2 days Date of 02-05-82 Steve Kaminski to Lyon 3 days Order from Supreme Court) 02-11-82 Charles E. Worden to Finney 11-02-81 Raymond E. Haggart to Saline 03-10-82 Lawrence Litson to Johnson 2 days 01-04-82 Marvin O. Brummett to 12th 03-10-82 Nellie L. Blakely to Johnson 2 days 02-11-82 Marvin O. Brummett to 12th 03-10-82 William E. Thompson to Johnson 2 days JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 1 03-26-82 Morris V. Hoobler to Johnson 04-07-82 Morris V. Hoobler to McPherson Special Assignments 04-16-82 David S. Knudson to McPherson 04-16-82 John Weckel to McPherson Date of Number JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 2 05-10-82 Bonnie J. Wilson to Douglas 2 days Order of Cases 05-18-82 William E. Thompson to 21st 4 days 07-06-81 Charles E. Worden to Barton 05-18-82 Ardith Von Fange to Riley 6 days Special Assignments 07-06-81 Tom Scott to Barton 05-18-82 Ardith Von Fange to Clay 6 days Date of Number 07-09-81 John Weckel to Pawnee 05-27-82 Jack L. Burr to Montgomery Order of Cases 07-13-81 Steven P. Flood to Ness 05-26-82 Jack L. Burr to Reno 07-31-81 E. Newton Vickers to Wabaunsee 1 07-17-81 John Weckel to Riley 06-04-82 Bonnie J. Wilson to Johnson 2 days 08-25-81 Terry L. Bullock to Reno 1 08-18-81 Tom Scott to Barton 1 06-04-82 William E. Thompson to Johnson 2 days 11-04-81 John F. Christener to Reno 2 10-02-81 Jack L. Burr to Finney 1 06-04-82 Martha Kellogg to Johnson 2 days 11-19-81 Ronald D. Innes to Shawnee 1 10-02-81 Richard W. Wahl to Barton 1 06-10-82 Steve Kaminski to Clay 22 days 11-19-81 Tracy D. Klinginsmith to Shawnee 1 10-28-81 J. Stanley Hill to Sedgwick 1 06-11-82 William E. Thompson to Geary 2 days 11-25-81 Melvin Gradert to Lyon 1 10-29-81 Jack L. Burr to Wichita 1 06-11-82 Charles E. Worden to Montgomery 01-04-82 John W. Brookens to Marshall 1 11-05-81 Richard W. Wahl to Reno 2 06-11-82 Steve Kaminski to Lyon 3 days 02-16-82 Melvin Gradert to Lyon 2 11-25-81 Tom Scott to Ford 1 06-15-82 Steven P. Flood to 15th 0/.-25-82 John W. Brookens to Marshall 1 12-01-81 John Weckel to Barton 1 06-15-82 Tom Scott to 15th 04-09-82 E. Newton Vickers to Allen 2 12-28-81 Tom Scott to Rush 06-15-82 Charles E. Worden to 15th 04-15-82 Jerry L. Mershon to Shawnee 1 01-20-82 Steve Kaminski to Marshall 06-15-82 Steven P. Flood to 17th 04-27-82 John W. Brookens to Brown 1 01-27-82 Jack L. Burr to Wichita 1 06-15-82 Tom Scott to 17th 06-10-82 William D. Clement to Pottawatomie 1 02-09-82 Morris V. Hoobler to Russell 1 06-15-82 Jack L. Burr to 17th 04-13-82 Charles E. Worden to Ness 1 06-15-82 Keith R. Willoughby to 17th 04-22-82 Charles E. Worden to Hodgeman 1 06-15-82 Charles E. Worden to 23rd General Assignments 05-25-82 Tom Scott to Barton 2 06-15-82 Keith R. Willoughby to 23rd Date of 06-15-82 Jack L. Burr to 23rd Order 06-21-82 General Assignments Elmer J. Tacha to 23rd 07-09-81 Tom Nold tl l,u" 1 day 06-21-82 Date of Pauline Coker to 23rd 08-17-81 Dennis Lee Reiling to Johnson 2 days 06-21-82 Order Wilda June Brown to 23rd 11-24-81 Clarence L. Sawyer to Lyon 1 day 06-21-82 Frederick J. Hammers to 23rd 01-11-82 Dennis Lee Reiling to Johnson 2 days 07-09-81 Ardith Von Fange to Lyon 1 day 06-21-82 Annabell M. Peck to 23rd 01-11-82 Chester W. Kent to Johnson 2 days 07-10-81 Richard W. Wahl to 28th 06-21-82 Dorothy R. Reinert to 23rd 02-19-82 Verle L. Swenson to Douglas 4 days 07-10-81 Morris V. Hoobler to 12th 06-21-82 Shirley Henderson to 23rd 05-25-82 Dennis Lee Reiling to Douglas 1 day 08-12-81 Marvin L. Stortz to Douglas 3 days 06-21-82 Martha Kellogg to 23rd 06-03-82 . Verle L. Swenson to Douglas 2 days 08-17-81 Wilda June Brown to Johnson 2 days 06-21-82 Betty McDonald to 23rd 06-03-82 Verle L. Swenson to Douglas 2 days 10-09-81 Logan Dobbs to Douglas 2 days 06-21-82 Ward Gilliland to 23rd 10-30-81 06-11-82 Verle L. Swenson to Lyon 3 days William E. Thompson to Johnson 2 days 06-21-82 Nellie L. Blakely to 23rd 12-02-81 Jack D. Bradrick to Douglas 2 days 06-21-82 Logan Dobbs to 23rd 12-14-81 Assignments to Retired Judges Charles E. Worden to 23rd 06-21-82 Frederick J. Hammers to 17th 12-14-81 Date of Keith R. Willoughby to 23rd 06-21-82 Annabell M. Peck to 17th 12-14-81 Order Jack L. Burr to 23rd 06-21-82 Dorothy R. Reinert to 17th 12-14-81 Steven P. Flood to 17th 06-21-82 Lawrence Litson to 17th 07-10-81 J. W. Lowry to Shawnee 12-14-81 Tom Scott to 17th 06-21-82 Nancy Conyac to 17th 10-10-81 Lewis L. McLaughlin to Pottawatomie 12-14-81 Jack L. Burr to 17th 06-21-82 Ward Gilliland to 17th 03-03-82 Marvin O. Brummett to Geary 12-14-81 Keith R. Willoughby to 17th 06-21-82 Nellie L. Blakely to 17th \ 11-18-81 J. Patrick Brazil to Sedgwick Judicial Department No.4 11-20-81 Clarence E. Renner to Barton Judicial Department No.6 12-03-81 Gary W. Rulon to Greenwood Special Assignments 12-07-81 John Thomas Reid to Sedgwick 12-11-81 Nicholas W. Klein to Lyon Special Assignments Date of Number 12-11-81 James V. Riddell to Harvey Date of Number of Order of Cases 12-15-81 Doyle E. White to Lyon Order of Cases 08-14-81 Lewis Smith to Wyandotte 2 C. 12-28-81 Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Sedgwick 10-02-81 William P. Meek to Montgomery 07-01-81 Keaton G. Duckworth to Finney 1 12-29-81 Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Sedgwick 1 1 11-13-81 C. Fred Lorentz, II, to Allen 07-14-81 William J. Laughlin to Edwards 01-20-82 John M. Jaworsky to Lyon 1 Keaton G. Duckworth to Finney 1 01-11-82 Stephen D. Hill to Wyandotte 07-23-81 02-11-82 Thomas H. Graber to Sedgwick 1 1 02-17-82 Leighton A. Fossey to Shawnee 08-14-81 Jay Don Reynolds to Finney 03-03-82 J. Patrick Brazil to Lyon 5 Phillip Aldrich to Finney 1 03-17-82 John Gariglietti to Johnson 09-11-81 C. 03-15-82 Gary W. Rulon to Harvey 2 Don Smith to Finney 2 03-25-82 Stephen D. Hill to Shawnee 10-09-81 C. 03-17-82 William J. Dick to Butler 1 10-19-81 C. Phillip Aldrich to Reno JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 3 04-07-82 David Brewstt'f to Montgomery 5 04-07-82 Page W. Benson to Sedgwick 1 10-26-81 C. Phillip Aldrich to Shawnee 04-07-82 Stephen D. Hill to Shawnee 1 04-07-82 James J. Noone to Chase 1 10-27-81 Barry A. Bennington to Finney 1 04-12-82 Stephen D. Hill to Shawnee 1 Special Assignments 04-07-82 Lloyd K. McDaniel to Sedgwick 1 10-28-81 J. Stanley Hill to Sedgwick 1 04-21-82 J. Patrick Brazil to Woodson 1 Date of Number 11-10-81 Kim D. Ramey to Harnilton 1 General Assignments 04-21-82 J. Patrick Brazil to Coffey Order of Cases 11-24-81 Jay Don Reynolds to Finney 1 Date of 04-30-82 John Thomas Reid to Sedgwick 11-25-81 Keaton G. Duckworth to Finney 3 10-30-81 Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., to Brown 1 Order 05-10-82 Lloyd K. McDaniel to Elk 12-21-81 Jay Don Reynolds to Finney 1 11-09-81 Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., to Jackson 1 05-11-82 Michael Corrigan to Harvey 12-22-81 Porter K. Brown to Barton 2 11-12-81 Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., to Jackson 1 07 -17 -81 Don Musser to Montgomery 06-01-82 Lloyd K. McDaniel to Sedgwick 12-29-81 Jay Don Reynolds to Barton 1 11-25-81 John L. White to Wyandotte 1 07-17-81 Charles J. Sell to Montgomery 2 days 06-08-82 Michael Corrigan to Harvey 01-27-82 Jay Don Reynolds to Finney 1 12-22-81 John W. White to Crawford 1 08-17-81 Samuel!. Mason to Johnson 2 days 02-18-82 Jay Don Reynolds to Finney 1 03-17-82 Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., to Brown 1 10-30-81 Samuel I. Mason to Johnson 2 days 02-19-82 Kim D. Ramey to Ford 1 04-13-82 Robert L. Gernon to Wyandotte 1 01-11-82 Samuel I. Mason to Johnson General Assignments 2 days 03-03-82 C. Phillip Aldrich to Barton 1 05-05-82 Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., to Wyandotte 1 03-09-82 B. J. LaTurner to Johnson Date of 2 days 04-13-82 C. Phillip Aldrich to Barton 1 05-27-82 John W. White to Crawford 1 03-10-82 Samuel I. Mason to Johnson Order 03-26-82 B. J. LaTurner to Johnson 1 day 04-16-82 Donald L. White to Shawnee 07-07-81 Doyle E. White to 15th 04-30-82 Daniel L. Brewster to Montgomery 05-11-82 Keaton G. Duckworth to Gray 08-17-81 Thomas L. McGuire to Johnson 2 days General Assignments 04-30-82 Richard L. Ashley to Montgomery 1 day 06-28-82 Barry A. Bennington to Pratt 10-09-81 John Moore to Douglas 2 days Date of 06-04-82 Samuel I. Mason to Johnson 2 days 10-09-81 Gene Shay to Sedgwick 14 days Order General Assignments 10-09-81 John Moore to Sedgwick 14 days 07-09-81 George G. Levans to Lyon 2 days Assignments to Retired Judges 12-02-81 Waine L. Jones to Douglas 2 days Date of 07-09-81 Maxine Cumro to Lyon 1 day Date of 01-27-82 Gene Shay to Sedgwick 22 days Order 08-17-81 Dolan McKelvy to Johnson 2 days Order 01-27-82 John Moore to Sedgwick 22 days 07-09-81 Lee Nusser to Lyon 1 day 08-26-81 Wayne H. Phillips to Johnson 01-11-82 Marvin O. Brummett to Johnson 02-19-82 Waine L. Jones to Lyon 3 days 07-09-81 Richard Miller to Lyon 1 day 09-04-81 William L. Stevenson to Shawnee 02-11-82 Lewis L. McLaughlin to Johnson 04-07-82 Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Saline 08-17-81 David G. Rinehart to Johnson 2 days 09-14-81 Floyd H. Coffman to Shawnee 02-18-82 J. W. Lowry to Montgomery 06-11-82 Waine L. Jones to Lyon 2 days 08-17 -81 Herb Rohleder to 24th 09-14-81 John W. White to Shawnee 02-19-82 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Johnson 06-14-82 Waine L. Jones to Montgomery 1 day 08-17-81 Pauline Schwarm to Johnson 2 days 10-16-81 Robert L. Gernon to Shawnee 03-25-82 J. W. Lowry to Montgomery 08-17-81 Barry A. Bennington to 24th 10-30-81 Virgil W. Begesse to Johnson 2 days 04-01-82 Marvin O. Brummett to Johnson 08-17-81 Leonard A. Mastroni to Johnson 2 days 11-13-81 John W. White to Wilson Assignments to Retired Judges 04-13-82 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Johnson 08-17-81 William J. Laughlin to 24th 11-19-81 Ronald Lee Call to 5th 04-28-82 Lewis L. Mclaughlin to Montgomery Date of 10-30-81 David Buster to Johnson 2 days 01-11-82 Virgil W. Begesse to Johnson 2 days Order 10-30-81 Maurice L. Johnson to Johnson 2 days 02-09-82 John L. White to Shawnee 12-16-81 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 11-23-81 Herb Rohleder to 24th 02-10-82 John W. White to Shawnee 01-14-82 B. Mack Bryant to 13th 11-23-81 Barry A. Bennington to 24th 02-11-82 Robert L. Gernon to Johnson 02-24-82 Doyle E. White to SedgWick 11-23-81 William J. Laughlin to 24th 02-25-82 Francis D. Holthaus to Douglas 1 day Judicial Department No. 5 03-15-82 J. W. Lowry to Lyon 01-11-82 Richard Miller to Johnson 2 days 04-07-82 Lewis L. McLaughlin to Lyon 02-01-82 Lee Nusser to Lyon 2 days Assignments to Retired Judges Special Assignments 04-19-82 Charles H. Stewart to Pratt 02-10-82 William J. Laughlin to 10th 04-19-82 Charles H. Stewart to Harper 03-10-82 Virginia M. Schraeder to Johnson 2 days Date of Date of Number 04-19-82 Charles H. Stewart to Kingman 03-10-82 Michael A. Freelove to Johnson 2 days Order Order of Cases 04-19-82 Charles H. Stewart to 30th 03-10-82 K. T. Gregg to Johnson 2 days 09-18-81 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 07-07-81 John Thomas Reid to Lyon 1 05-28-82 B. Mack Bryant to Sedgwick 03-10-82 Richard Miller to Johnson 2 days 11-05-81 J. W. Lowry to Douglas 07-07-81 Gary W. Rulon to Sedgwick 1 11-06-81 J. W. Lowry to Douglas 07-09-81 Doyle E. White to Lyon 11-12-81 Harry G. Miller to Brown 07-30-81 J. Patrick Brazil to Lyon 11-18-81 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 09-04-81 Gary W. Rulon to Se.dgwick 11-1 8-81 7 J. W. Lowry to Leavenworth 09-22-81 Gary W. Rulon to SedgWick 12-16-81 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 10-20-81 Gary W. Rulon to Shawnee 03-12-82 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 11-02-81 D. Keith Anderson to McPherson 05-10-82 O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte 11-13-81 Clarence E. Renner to Stafford 38 -----~~~.. - - -- 03-10-82 Pauline Schwarm to Johnson 2 days Assignments to Retired Judges 03-25-82 William J. laughlin to 10th Date of 04-22-82 William J. laughlin to Montgomery Order 04-23-82 Herb Rohleder to 24th 07-08-81 Bert J. Vance to Finney 04-23-82 Barry A. Bennington to 24th 07-17-81 Bert J. Vance to Finney 04-23-82 William J. laughlin to 24th 07-17-81 Bert J. Vance to Scott 04-23-82 C. Phillip Aldrich to 20th 07-21-81 Bert J. Vance to Finney 04-26-82 David Buster to Johnson 2 days 07-21-81 Bert J. Vance to Finney 05-18-82 C. Ann Wilson to 21 st 4 days 08-18-81 l. l. Morgan to Morton 06-04-82 David Rinehart to Johnson 2 days 08-20-81 Frederick Woleslagel to Russell 06-04-82 John Murphy to Johnson 2 days 08-20-81 Bert J. Vance to Finney 06-04-82 Richard Miller to Johnson 2 days 09-28-81 Marvin O. Brummett to Finney 06-04-82 Claude S. Heath, III, to Johnson 2 days 01-04-82 Frederick Woleslagel to Russell 06-04-82 Gordon Goering to Johnson 2 days 04-22-82 Marvin O. Brummett [0 Reno 06-11-82 lee Nusser to lyon 2 days 06-15-82 Marvin O. Brummett to Reno 40 r '.