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Go to the Clerk of the District Court office in the County where the defendant resides. Have with you the name and address of the person being sued. The Clerk will provide you with a small claims filing packet. You may fill out the petition in the office or take it home to complete.

Dollar Limit on Kansas Small Claims Cases To bring your case in small claims court in Kansas, you must be seeking to recover $4,000 or less. If you want to sue for more than the limit, you have to go to a different court, which may not be worth it given the complicated rules and costs of hiring an attorney.

Go to the Clerk of the District Court office in the County where the defendant resides. Have with you the name and address of the person being sued. The Clerk will provide you with a small claims filing packet. You may fill out the petition in the office or take it home to complete.

The purpose of small claims court is to allow people to bring relatively minor claims before a judge without incurring considerable expense in the form of attorney's fees and court costs. By its very nature, small claims court is a simple, inexpensive and reasonably fast alternative to a full-blown lawsuit.

Only a defendant can file an appeal of a small claims judgment. BUT if you are the plaintiff, and the defendant counter-sued you by filing a Defendant's Claim in response to your Plaintiff's Claim and you lose, you CAN appeal. Since a small claims appeal is a brand-new trial, the entire case is decided from scratch.

Complete a Small Claims Court Petition To initiate your small claims case, you must file a Petition. Each county in Missouri uses the same form for small claims cases. To fill out the Petition, provide: The name of the county where you're filing.

If you fail to show up in criminal court, the judge could issue a warrant for your arrest. If you miss a civil summons, then you might get a judgment entered against you. A criminal court summons is non-negotiable. ... A judge has the authority to put a warrant out for your arrest if you fail to appear.

If you ignore a summons, you will likely have a default judgment entered against you for the amount of money the plaintiff claims you owe, plus interest and assorted fees. The plaintiff will then pursue collection remedies (garnishing wages, selling assets, etc.) to collect the judgment.

It depends but generally, no, a judgement should not be entered unless you have been served. After filing, a petitioner must also file a proof of service showing that you were properly served with the court. If you were not properly served, the judgement entered against you can be overturned.

Specifically, a summons is a document that is an order by a court requiring someone to appear in court. In civil lawsuits, a summons is issued by to the defendant in the lawsuit, requiring his or her presence to defend a case. ... Sometimes a summons might be called a "summons and complaint."

Only the Sheriff of the court can deliver a summons in person. Anyone else should get a signature or proof of delivery. The usual means is to deliver via registered letter, or in person requiring a signature.

Generally, however, judges will always hear from children aged 12 and older. For younger children, courts may speak with children to determine their maturity before factoring the child's preference into the custody decision.

In some states, children have the right to choose which parent to live with once they have reached a certain age. While child custody laws in Kansas do allow courts to take a child's wishes into account, the judicial standard dictating child custody decisions is the best interest of the child.

Generally, however, it's incumbent upon the judge to decide whether a child is mature enough to have a reasonable opinion. A precocious 10-year-old might be permitted to voice her preference, while a learning-disabled 14-year-old might not be.

Kansas courts prefer to award joint legal custody to both parents, unless it is in the best interests of the child to award sole legal custody to only one parent. In Kansas, a judge, not a jury, decides how to divide legal custody and residency of the child based on what is in the best interests of the child.