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§ 12. No forfeiture of estate for crimes. No conviction within the state shall work a forfeiture of estate.

History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 49; L. 1972, ch. 389, § 1; November 7, 1972.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

Cited in comment on severance of joint tenancy, 18 W.L.J. 682, 688 (1979).

Survey of Kansas Law: Wills, Trusts, and Probate, Richard C. Harris, 27 K.L.R. 365, 373 (1979).

Barring the Slayer's Bounty: An Analysis of Kansas' Troubled Experience, John G. Kuether, 23 W.L.J. 494, 505 (1984).

Improperly Divorced From Its Roots: The Rationales of the Collateral Source Rules and Their Implications for Medicare and Medicaid Write-Offs, Guillermo Gabriel Zorogastua, 55 K.L.R. 463 (2007).

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Not violated by penalty for violation of intoxicating liquor law. The State v. Snyder, 34 Kan. 425, 426, 8 P. 860.

2. Husband inherits from deceased wife even though he murdered her. McAllister v. Fair, 72 Kan. 533, 537, 84 P. 112. (See K.S.A. 59-513 enacted subsequent to this decision.)

3. Statute disinheriting certain criminals constitutional. Hamblin v. Marchant, 103 Kan. 508, 509, 175 P. 678; Hamblin v. Marchant, 104 Kan. 689, 693, 180 P. 811.

4. Statute (K.S.A. 59-513) barring killer from inheriting or taking property from deceased not in conflict herewith. Rosenberger v. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 176 F. Supp. 379; 182 F. Supp. 633, 634, 636.

5. Surviving joint tenant convicted of feloniously killing husband succeeded to undivided one-half interest in property. In re Estate of Shields, 1 Kan. App. 2d 688, 689, 691, 692, 574 P.2d 229.

6. Surviving joint tenant convicted of killing other tenant succeeds to undivided one-half interest in property. In re Estate of Shields, 224 Kan. 604, 605, 607, 608, 584 P.2d 139.

7. Cited in holding provisions of K.S.A. 65-4135(a)(7)(A) of uniform controlled substances act permitting forfeiture of homestead violate Kansas Constitution. State ex rel. Braun v. A Tract of Land, 16 Kan. App. 2d 757, 758, 829 P.2d 600 (1992).