(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS § 407.5101 to KRS § 407.5902, Article 3 of this chapter applies to all proceedings under KRS § 407.5101 to KRS § 407.5902.
(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under KRS § 407.5101 to KRS § 407.5902 by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 407.5301

  • 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
  • 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

Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 15, effective June 24, 2015. — Contingent effective date repealed 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective March 23, 1998. — Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 25, effective upon contingency.