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Search Kansas district court cases in Kansas Case Search, which replaced the District Court Public Access Portal. Federal cases are in PACER.
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Kansas Judicial Branch home: district courts, the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, the Kansas eCourt system and the decisions search.
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Douglas County's 7th Judicial District Court: court divisions and judges, Clerk of the District Court records, the court trustee for support, and court services.
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Federal district, bankruptcy and appeals court records online. A PACER account is needed; documents cost $0.10 per page, capped at $3 per document.
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Find the federal district, bankruptcy and appeals courts that serve any location, or look up a federal court by name.
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Kansas Case Search replaced the District Court Public Access Portal, and the Judicial Branch says it is open and free to the public with no account needed for general use.
Only case information the law allows online is shown; more can be viewed at a courthouse terminal in the district court.
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Kansas divorces are district court cases under K.S.A. 23-2701, kept by the clerk of the district court in the county of filing. Nothing in Kansas law closes the file. Every party must file a Domestic Relations Affidavit under Supreme Court Rule 139(a), on the form in the appendix of the Child Support Guidelines, and a Child Support Worksheet where child support is at issue; Rule 139 has no confidentiality clause, so the affidavit, the worksheets, the decree and any settlement agreement are public unless sealed.
Sealing is governed by K.S.A. 60-2617: a party requests a hearing, and the court may seal or redact only on an on the record finding that an identified safety, property or privacy interest, or a public or private harm, outweighs the strong public interest in access. The Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the statewide index for most case types, but its guide states that domestic cases do not appear on it, so a divorce is located and read at the clerk's office. The Kansas asset search page explains what the affidavit shows.
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State court records are usually free to view at the courthouse and often free online, with per-page fees for certified copies. PACER charges $0.10 per page (capped at $3.00 per document), waived under $30 per quarter.
No. A sealed case is hidden from the public docket index by court order. Its existence may still be confirmable by number, but documents are not accessible.
Civil cases involve disputes between parties (contracts, torts, family). Criminal cases are brought by the government. Both are indexed by the same court clerks but tracked in separate sub-dockets.
Not in one search. PACER covers all federal courts. Most states have a statewide judiciary portal that covers their state courts, but a few require per-county lookups. This page links to Kansas's official portal.
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