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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 407.5211: Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

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  1. KRS Chapter 407

(1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal -support order consistent with the law of

this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal -support order

throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(2) A tribunal of this state may n ot modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal

of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over

that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusi ve jurisdiction over a spousal -

support order may serve as:

(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the

spousal support order issued in this state; or

(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

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