at 555, 557, 127 S.Ct. 1955). 45 . Id. 46 . Contracom Commodity Trading Co. v. Seaboard Corp., 189 F.R.D. 655, 666 (D.Kan.1999). 47 . Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-1902 (2014). 48 . An heir at law is the person "designated by statute who succeeds to the estate of a deceased person.” Johnson v. McArthur, 226 Kan. 128, 596 P.2d 148, 152 (1979). When a deceased leaves children but no spouse, the children are the heirs at law. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-506. Here, William Draughon left children and no spouse. Thus, the heirs at law are his children. 49 . Mo.Rev.Stat. § 537.080.1 (2014). 50 . Whether this case is decided in a federal court sitting in Kansas or Missouri has no bearing on whether Kansas or Missouri law applies. Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U.S. 612, 639, 84 S.Ct. 805, 11 L.Ed.2d 945 (1964) (<HOLDING>). 51 . 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1). 52 . Richards v.
holding that a change of venue has no affect on the applicable state law and that change of venue is but a change of courtrooms holding that the defendant waived the issue of change of venue where the trial court denied the motion for a change of venue without prejudice stating that it was willing to reconsider the motion at any time during the jury selection process but the defendant never renewed the motion for a change of venue holding that the issue of change of venue was waived where the defendants motion for a change of venue was denied without prejudice to its renewal during jury selection but the motion was not renewed during empanelment of the jury holding that where a defendant if given the opportunity to renew a motion for a change of venue immediately prior to trial but fails to do so the right to challenge venue is waived holding court cannot change custody without showing that change is in best interests of child