Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote underlying purposes
KRS 23A.110
in effect23A.110. Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote underlying purposes
The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows:
(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and familial relationships;
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse;
(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20627Fetched: 10/20/2026