KRS 199.493: Prohibition against payment of attorney's fees of biological parent without

court approval -- Penalty.

(1) No adoptive parent, proposed adoptive parent, agency, or intermediary shall pay the

attorney's fees of a biological parent for any purpose relat ed to an adoption action

except as approved by the court.

(2) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor.