# K.S.A. § 60-210: 60-210 - Form of pleadings

> Kansas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-210

## Section

- **Citation:** K.S.A. § 60-210
- **Heading:** 60-210 - Form of pleadings
- **Jurisdiction:** Kansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2 / Section 60-210

## Text

60-210. Form of pleadings. (a) Caption; names of parties. Every pleading must have a caption with the court's name, a title, a file number and a designation as in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 60-207, and amendments thereto. The title of the petition must name all the parties; the title of other pleadings, after naming the first party on each side, may refer generally to other parties.

(b) Paragraphs; separate statements. A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances. A later pleading may refer by number to a paragraph in an earlier pleading. If doing so would promote clarity, each claim founded on a separate transaction or occurrence, and each defense other than a denial, must be stated in a separate count or defense.

(c) Adoption by reference; exhibits. A statement in a pleading may be adopted by reference elsewhere in the same pleading or in any other pleading or motion. A copy of a written instrument that is an exhibit to a pleading is a part of the pleading for all purposes.

(d) Change of name. If the name of a party changes after an action has been commenced, either before or after judgment, by reason of marriage, divorce, adoption, a change of name proceeding, amendment of articles of incorporation, the assumption of an alias or otherwise, or if an action is mistakenly commenced against a party by a former name no longer used by the party, any party in interest may cause that fact to be noted of record by filing a certified copy of a marriage record, decree of divorce, amended articles of incorporation, order of adoption or change of name, or an affidavit or a declaration pursuant to K.S.A. 53-601, and amendments thereto, by an informed person. The name as changed must be used in the alternative in all subsequent proceedings in the action.

## Nearby sections

- [K.S.A. § 60-201 60-201 - Rules of civil procedure; citation; scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-201.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-202 60-202 - One form of action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-202.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-203 60-203 - Commencement of action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-203.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-204 60-204 - Process, generally.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-204.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-205 60-205 - Service and filing of pleadings and other papers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-205.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-206 60-206 - Time, computation and extension; accessibility of court; definitions; extension or suspension of computation rules or time limitations by chief justice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-206.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-207 60-207 - Pleadings allowed; motions; form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-207.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-208 60-208 - General rules of pleadings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-208.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-209 60-209 - Pleading special matters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-209.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-210 60-210 - Form of pleadings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-210.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-211 60-211 - Signing of pleadings, motions and other papers; representations to the court; sanctions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-211.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-212 60-212 - Defenses and objections; presentations, when and how; certain motions; waiver.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-212.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-213 60-213 - Counterclaims and cross-claims.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-213.md)
- [K.S.A. § 60-214 60-214 - Third-party practice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C60_A2_S60-214.md)

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