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Estate Planning Laws in Kansas.

Kansas estate-planning and probate work is governed primarily by Chapter 59 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated (Probate Code) and the Kansas Uniform Trust Code at K.S.A. 58a-101 et seq. Probate runs through the Kansas District Courts. Kansas has significant farm-succession and family-transfer planning practice given the state’s agricultural base.

Last verified: 2026-04-17

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Key Kansas Statutes

Kansas Probate CodeK.S.A. ch. 59

Chapter 59 governs wills, intestate succession, probate administration, and related fiduciary rules in Kansas, administered through the District Courts.

Kansas Uniform Trust CodeK.S.A. §§ 58a-101 et seq.

Kansas’s Uniform Trust Code governs creation, modification, administration, and termination of trusts, including trustee duties and beneficiary rights.

State law

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Kansas Revisor of Statutes Kansas Judicial Branch

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