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KRS 456.170: Notice to court of foreign protective order's expiration, vacation,

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  1. KRS Chapter 456

modification, or other change.

(1) A person who has filed a foreign protective order in a court in Kentucky is under a

continuing obligation to inform the court of any expiration, v acation, modification,

or other change in the order which the person filing the order has received from the

issuing foreign court.

(2) A person who has filed a foreign protective order in a court in Kentucky shall,

within two (2) working days of the occurr ence of any event specified in subsection

(1) of this section, notify the clerk of the court in which the foreign protective order

was filed of the fact of the changed order and present the clerk with a copy of the

order for authentication as provided in t his chapter. The clerk shall immediately

notify the Law Information Network of Kentucky entering agency of the

modification.

(3) No court in Kentucky and no peace officer in Kentucky shall be expected to enforce

a provision of a foreign protective order wh ich has been the subject of any action

specified in subsection (1) of this section, unless proper notice has been given in

accordance with this section.

(4) Intentional failure of a person who has filed a foreign protective order to make the

notifications required by this section in the manner required by this section shall

constitute contempt of court and may be grounds for an appropriate civil action

brought by any person damaged by the intentional act of omission by the person

failing to act.

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