Smith v. Smith

Citations

• 104 Kan. 629
• 180 P. 231
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 323

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Decree op Divorce — Provision for Support of Minor Children — Provision Continues During Minority Only — Ejectment. In an action by a father to recover from his children the possession of real estate, the rents and profits of which under a decree of divqrce had been set aside for the support of the minor children, the provisions of the former decree are considered, and held, that the children’s rights to the rents and profits ceased when the youngest child attained majority, and that the father is now entitled to the possession of the land.</p> <p>2. Same — Period of Minority of Females — Statute Not Retroactive. Chapter 184, Laws of 1917 extending “the period of minority . . . . in males and females to the age of twenty-one years,” did not change the status of one who had already reached the age of majority under the former law.</p>