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- Title: Whisenant v. Whisenant
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 10, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a civil action in which the plaintiff-appellant, Billy Ray Whisenant, claiming to be the natural father of a child, seeks a judicial determination of his paternity and his parental rights and obligations. Counsel for the plaintiff has characterized the action as a reverse civil bastardy suit which he alleges is the first proceeding of its kind. The basic issue to be determined on this appeal is whether the defendant-appellee, Joyce Marie Swafford, the mother of the child, has by her actions submitted to the long arm jurisdiction of the courts of Kansas in this proceeding in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 60-308. The district court held that it had no jurisdiction of the action and denied relief to the plaintiff. From the judgment denying relief for lack of in personam jurisdiction, the plaintiff has appealed to this court. This action was initiated by the filing of a petition which alleged four separate claims and which was in the following form: