Hermesmann v. Seyer | |
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Court | Supreme Court of Kansas |
Full case name | State of Kansas, ex rel., Colleen Hermesmann v. Shane Seyer, a minor, and Dan and Mary Seyer, his parents |
Decided | 5 March 1993 |
Citations | 252 Kan. 646, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993) |
Case history | |
Prior action | State ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer (Kan. Dist. Ct. Shawnee County 1992) |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Richard Winn Holmes |
Hermesmann v. Seyer (State of Kansas ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993))[1] was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States, case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act committed by the woman.[2][3] The case was brought in her name by the then Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.