Warner v. Warner, 54722
| Court | Court of Appeals of Kansas |
| Writing for the Court | Before FOTH; FOTH |
| Citation | 9 Kan.App.2d 6,668 P.2d 193 |
| Parties | Charles F. WARNER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Erna A. Warner, Deceased, Appellee, v. Charles M. WARNER, Appellant. |
| Docket Number | No. 54722,54722 |
| Decision Date | 18 August 1983 |
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Erna A. Warner, Deceased, Appellee,
v.
Charles M. WARNER, Appellant.
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1. Registration is a simplified alternative to bringing suit on a foreign judgment, and if suit is barred so is registration. Thus, K.S.A. 60-511, the general statute of limitations, and not the Kansas dormancy statutes governs the enforceability of foreign judgments in Kansas.
2. Under K.S.A. 60-2403 a Kansas judgment becomes dormant five years after its effective date. The effective date for dormancy purposes of a foreign judgment is the date it is registered.
3. Registration of a foreign judgment which is enforceable when registered gives the judgment creditor a new and additional five years to execute, regardless of when the judgment was rendered in the foreign state.
Robert B. Yohe, Overland Park, for appellant.
Craig U. Huntley and Lonnie A. Hamilton, Shawnee Mission, for appellee.
Before FOTH, C.J., and SPENCER and PARKS, JJ.
FOTH, Chief Judge.
Charles M. Warner appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to declare certain overdue payments required by a Missouri decree of separate maintenance registered in Kansas to be dormant judgments.
A Missouri court awarded Erna A. Warner, the plaintiff (now deceased), a decree of separate maintenance against Charles M. Warner, the defendant, on January 12, 1971. The defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff $600 per month, starting on January 15, 1971. The Missouri court reduced the monthly payments to $300 on April 26, 1976.
On November 16, 1976, after defendant moved to Kansas, the plaintiff registered the Missouri decree in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, as a "foreign support order" under K.S.A. 23-487. She alleged that the past due support payments totalled $26,000, plus interest.
There ensued considerable procedural maneuvering, including[9 Kan.App.2d 7] a proceeding in aid of execution in October, 1981. Finally, in June, 1982, the defendant moved for a finding that payments due before October, 1976, five years before the attempted Kansas execution, were dormant judgments. The trial court denied the motion and entered judgment on that aspect of the case under K.S.A. 60-254(b ). Defendant has appealed.
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The first issue to be resolved is the nature of the order registered in Kansas in November, 1976. Under Kansas law each installment of alimony becomes a judgment when due. Kendall v. Kendall, 218 Kan. 713, 717, 545 P.2d 346 (1976); Ediger v. Ediger, 206 Kan. 447, Syl. p 2, 479 P.2d 823 (1971). Missouri law is the same. Barbara v. Charles, 632 S.W.2d 92, 93 (Mo.App.1982); Wedel v. Wedel, 624 S.W.2d 869, 870 (Mo.App.1981). And cf. In re...
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