This screen shot says it all:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17474320/Validator-Miss-positioned.png

The code has:

            @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
                  .Name("OwnerUserId")
                  .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:200px", @required = true })
                  .OptionLabel("(Select User)")
                  .DataTextField("Name")
                  .DataValueField("Id")
                  .DataSource(source => {
                       source.Read(read => {
                           read.Action("GetCascadeUser", "ComboBox")
                              .Data("filterUsers");
                       }).ServerFiltering(true);
                  })
                  .Enable(true)
                  .AutoBind(true)
            )

How do I fix that, so the validation is positioned correctly?

Hello Cynthia,

Basically the kendo validator message is added next to the input element that is validated which in the DropDownList is a hidden element.

I assume that if you specify the validation message position like shown here you should avoid the issue.

Regards,
Petur Subev
Telerik