Supreme Court of Kansas

In re Parentage of R.R.

November 22, 2023538 P.3d 838

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment naming T.R., rather than the biological father T.T., as R.R.'s legal father. It held that the Kansas Parentage Act's burden-shifting framework required T.T. to show by a preponderance of the evidence that his biological presumption was supported by weightier considerations of policy and logic, including R.R.'s best interests. The court further held that the district court properly weighed the competing presumptions and that substantial competent evidence supported its findings.