KRS 199.5952: Contents of interstate compacts.

A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by KRS 199.595 to 199.5955

shall have the following content:

(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states;

(2) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon writte n notice to

the parties, but with a period of one (1) year between the date of the notice and the

effective date of the withdrawal;

(3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue

in force for the duration of the adop tion assistance and be applicable to all children

and their adoptive parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving

adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are resident

and have their principal place of abode;

(4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact

applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the

adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to

provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly

for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents, and the

state agency providing the adoption assistance; and

(5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration

of the compact.