Rule 4.100 - Assignment of Judges and Responsibility of Cases1. The primary responsibility for cases in the Fourth Judicial District are assigned as follows: (1.1) DISTRICT JUDGE DOl - primary office Coffey County (Present incumbent - Phillip M Fromme) (1.1.1) COFFEY COUNTY - All cases except cases assigned to a district magistrate judge. (CR DM RC beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge and AD PR)(1.1.2) OSAGE COUNTY - All cases except cases assigned to a district magistrate judge or other distri_ct judge. (CR DM RC beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge)(1.2) DISTRICT JUDGE D02 - primary office Franklin County (Present incumbent - Douglas P. Witteman) (1.2.1) FRANKLIN COUNTY - All cases except those cases assigned to a district magistrate judge or other district judge. (CR DM RC beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge and AD PR)(1.3) DISTRICT JUDGE D03 - primary office Anderson County (Present incumbent - Eric W. Godderz) (1.3.1) ANDERSON COUNTY - All cases except those cases assigned to a district magistrate judge or other district judge. (CR CY DM RC beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge and AD PR)(1.3.2) FRANKLIN COUNTY - All civil cases (cases filed as "CY") except those cases assigned to a district magistrate judge (CY beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge) and DM cases involving Child Support Enforcement.(1.3.3) OSAGE COUNTY - All civil cases (cases filed as "CY") except those cases assigned to a district magistrate judge. (CY beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge)(1.3.4) COFFEY COUNTY - All civil cases (cases filed as "CY") except those cases assigned to a district magistrate judge. (CY beyond the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge) (1.4) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE MOl - primary office Osage County (Present incumbent -Taylor J. Wine) (1.4.1) OSAGE COUNTY - All cases within the magistrate's jurisdiction. (AD CY CR CT DM FG GC N JC LM PR RC SC TR)(1.4.2) COFFEY COUNTY - All within the magistrate's jurisdiction except adoption and probate cases. (CY CR CT DM FG JC JT JY LM RC SC TR)(1.4.3) FRANKLIN COUNTY- All cases within the magistrate's jurisdiction except adoption and probate cases. (CY CR CT DM FG GC JC JT JV LM RC SC TR)(1.5) DISTRICT MAGISTRATE M02 - primary office Franklin County (Present incumbent - Kevin Kimball) (1.5.1) FRANKLIN COUNTY - All cases within the magistrate's jurisdiction except adoption and probate cases. (CY CR CT DM FG GC JC JT JY LM RC SCTR)(1.5.2) A DERSO COUNTY - All within the magistrate's jurisdiction, except adoption and probate cases.. (CY CR CT DM FG JC JT JY LM RC SC TR)2. Traffic, juvenile offender, juvenile tobacco and fish and game cases appealed from a magistrate judge or in which a jury trial is properly requested are assigned to the district judge assigned criminal cases in the county of the case. Limited action, probate, and adoption and small claims cases appealed from a magistrate judge are assigned to the district judge who is assigned civil cases in the county of the appeal. Child in Need of Care and care and treatment cases appealed from a magistrate judge are assigned to the district judge assigned domestic cases in the county of the appeal except Child in eed of Care cases in Franklin County for the termination of parental rights shall be heard by the district judge assigned civil cases in said county. 3. Other specific assignments of cases may be made by the judge listed above as having primary responsibility of those matters assigned with the consent of the judge to whom it is assigned or the Chief Judge. 4. Disqualifications ofjudges for whatever reason will be reassigned by the Chief Judge.5. In the event of sickness, absence or disqualification of any judge, any other judge of the district court having jurisdiction may act with full authority. Attempts to contact judges after hours or in the absence of the judge to whom the case is assigned when an emergency exists shall be in the following descending order in the various counties of the district: | Anderson | Coffey | Franklin | Osage |
| D03 E. Godderz | DOl Fromme | M02 Kimball | MOl Wine |
| M02 | MOl | D02 Witteman | DOl |
| DOl | D03 | D03 | M02 |
| 002 | D02 | MOl | D02 |
| MOl | M02 | DOl | D03 |
6. Pursuant to OCR 172, all judge of the district court are hereby designated to preside as hearing officers for the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support pursuant to the Kansas Parentage Act, K.S.A. 23-451, et seq., 39-718a, 39,755 or 60-1610 or K.S.A. 23-4,137, 38-1542,38 -1543, or 38-1563, and amendments thereto; and enforce orders granting visitation rights. 7. Under of the provisions ofK.S.A. 20-302b, actions pursuant to the Protection from Abuse Act shall be assigned to Magistrate Judges in the Fourth Judicial District.