Kentucky Statutes 407.5201 v2 – Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident. (Effective July 1, 2025)
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(1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
(a) The individual is personally served with summons, or notice within this state; (b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record,
by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive pleading having
the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (c) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the Office of the Attorney General; or
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the
United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of KRS § 407.5611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of KRS § 407.5615 are met.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 60, effective July 1, 2025. — Amended
2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 4, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch.
99, sec. 642, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 594, effective July 15, 1998.– Contingent effective date repealed 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective March 23, 1998. — Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective upon contingency.
(a) The individual is personally served with summons, or notice within this state; (b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record,
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 407.5201 v2
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive pleading having
the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (c) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the Office of the Attorney General; or
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the
United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of KRS § 407.5611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of KRS § 407.5615 are met.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 60, effective July 1, 2025. — Amended
2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 4, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch.
99, sec. 642, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 594, effective July 15, 1998.– Contingent effective date repealed 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective March 23, 1998. — Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 16, effective upon contingency.