Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention
KRS 407.5704
in effect407.5704. Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention
(1) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Office of the Attorney General shall:
(a) Transmit and receive applications; and
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under KRS 407.5708(2)(b), (d), or (i);
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(3) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 65, effective July 1, 2025. -- Created 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 58, effective June 24, 2015.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54399Fetched: 10/20/2026