Rules Open for Public Comment

Rules 718, 719, 720, 721 - Rules Relating to Attorney Admission

The Kansas Supreme Court is accepting public comment on proposed amendments to:

• Rule 718: Temporary Permit to Practice Law

• Rule 719: Admission to the Bar without Examination

• Rule 720: Restricted License for Military Spouse

• Rule 721: Restricted License to Provide Legal Services for a Single Employer

The proposed amendments are to:

• clarify the time at which a temporary permit expires when an individual fails the bar exam;

• provide an expiration for temporary permits when other expiration provisions do not apply;

• allow for practice under the supervision of a licensed Kansas attorney while an application for admission to the bar without examination is pending;

• permit temporary practice under the supervision of a licensed Kansas attorney while an application for a restricted license for a military spouse is pending;

• specify that a restricted license is inactive when the Kansas attorney withdraws supervision and until a new Kansas attorney provides certification; and

• restyle the rules to align with other Supreme Court rules.

Deletions are shown using strikeout and new language is underlined.

You may comment on the proposed amendments by email to publiccomments@kscourts.gov until 5 p.m. Friday, February 28, 2025. You must include “Rules 718 to 721” in the subject line.

107 - Duties and Powers of Chief Judge

The Supreme Court accepted public comment until July 17, 2024, on proposed amendments to Rule 107: Duties and Powers of Chief Judge. 

Generally, the rule is restyled to align with other Supreme Court rules, as well as to reflect current practices. Inaddition, amendments:

• specify that only a district judge can be appointed chief judge;

• require the chief judge, or the chief judge’s designee, to consider guidelines issued by the Office of Judicial Administration when assigning court reporters;

• revise the vacation planning section to ensure adequate coverage of the court’s caseload and the prompt discharge of the judge’s adjudicative and administrative responsibilities;

• clarify that a judge must accept assignment of a case unless the judge is disqualified under Kansas law or the Code of Judicial Conduct, or the interests of justice require the judge’s recusal; and

• revise the deadline by which the chief judge must send to the Office of Judicial Administrative a second copy of the court’s budget.

174 - Forms Required in a Child in Need of Care Proceeding

The Kansas Supreme Court accepted public comment on proposed amendments to Supreme Court Rule 174: Forms Required in a Child in Need of Care Proceeding. 

Rule 174 requires certain Kansas Judicial Council forms to be used when entering orders in child in need of care cases.

The proposed amendments expand the type and number of forms required. They also require the   judicial administrator to adopt standard operating procedures to collect data and the Supreme Court Task Force on Permanency Planning to approve any new or modified Kansas Judicial Council forms created under this rule.

1.10 and 116 - Rules Relating to Admission Pro Hac Vice

The Kansas Supreme Court accepted public comment on proposed amendments to Rule 1.10: Admission Pro Hac Vice of Out-of-State Attorney Before the Kansas Appellate Courts and Rule 116: Admission Pro Hac Vice of Out-of-State Attorney.

The proposed amendments increase the admission fee, remove the requirement to include a residential address on the verified application, and clarify the Kansas attorney must file all documents in the case. 

Rule 1.02 - Rules Relating to the Court of Appeals

The Kansas Supreme Court accepted public comment on a proposal to amend Rule 1.02: Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.

The proposed amendment includes the following changes:

• designating a term for the chief judge;

• adding a provision for reappointing the chief judge;

• adding a provision for recommending a chief judge; and

• restyling the rule to align with other Supreme Court rules.

​The court uses strikethrough to show deletions and underlining to show new language.

Rule 1.05 - Rules Relating to Appellate Practice

The Kansas Supreme Court is accepting public comment on a proposal to amend Rule 1.05: Form of Filing Generally.

The proposed amendment includes the following changes:

• updating the file date for a document filed electronically in an appellate court; and

• restyling the rule to align with other Supreme Court rules.

​The court uses strikethrough to show deletions and underlining to show new language.