Former candidate for JoCo DA in jail

Scott Hattrup, a Johnson County attorney and unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Kansas statehouse and for Johnson County District Attorney, is in the Johnson County jail on civil contempt charges for failing to comply with a divorce decree from April 2008. 

Hattrup was ordered on July 29 “to enter into and execute a contract to list for a sale” a house at 11925 West 92nd Terrace in Lenexa. He didn’t do it, so the Johnson County Sheriff threw him in jail. He’ll stay there until he complies with a court order.

This morning, Hattrup was supposed to appear at an ethics hearing before the Office of Disciplinary Administrator, which hears complaints against lawyers in the state of Kansas. But it doesn’t appear that Hattrup has been released from jail.

The hearing is being rescheduled.

Update: Hattrup was released from jail Friday.