Kansas: rules and deadlines at a glance

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Malpractice rules · Small claims limits · Small estate limits · Debt time limits · Shared fault rules · Medicaid expansion · ACA marketplace · Claim deadlines · Estate and inheritance tax

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Filing deadlines (statute of limitations)

Medical malpractice	2 years (4-year repose)
Wrongful death	2 years

Malpractice rules Single detailed source

Damage cap	No cap (struck down in 2019)
Expert affidavit or certificate	Not required
Before you sue	Screening panel on request of a party or the judge

Small claims limits Single detailed source

Dollar limit	$10,000
Filing fee	$35 or $55 plus surcharges
Lawyers	Not before judgment unless the other side has one

Small estate limits Checked on official source

Small estate limit	$75,000
Wait after death	None
Real estate	No

Debt time limits

Credit cards / open accounts	3 or 5 (courts have not settled it)
Written contracts	5 years
Promissory notes	6 years

Shared fault rules

Rule	Modified comparative negligence (50% bar)
When you are barred	Barred if you are 50% or more at fault

Medicaid expansion Single detailed source

Expanded?	No
Since	—

ACA marketplace

Marketplace type	Federal marketplace
Where to enroll	HealthCare.gov

Claim deadlines Single detailed source

Acknowledge	10 working days
Accept or deny	15 working days after proof of loss; investigation within 30 days
Pay	Not set by rule

Estate and inheritance tax

Estate tax	No state estate tax
Inheritance tax	No inheritance tax