TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas attorney general’s office says legal disputes involving the state’s same-sex marriage ban have cost taxpayers nearly $100,000 over the past 18 months.
The figures released Thursday cover expenses from defending three lawsuits but not staff time for Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s employees.
Schmidt filed a petition in October with the Kansas Supreme Court to block county court clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Because Schmidt sued Johnson County’s chief judge, the state was required to pay $50,000 for the judge’s defense. Schmidt dropped the case Tuesday.
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Schmidt’s office reported $4,400 in expenses from a federal lawsuit challenging the ban.
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