KRS 610.170: Court-ordered child support.

If it appears from the investigation required in KRS 610.100 or otherwise that the parent

or other person exercising custodial control or supervision of any child, or the estate of

any child, who has been found to fall within the purview of KRS Chapters 600 to 645 and

who has been left in his own home or in the home of a relative, placed on probation or

placed in a foster home or boarding home, or in the care of a public or private facility or

agency, or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the cabinet, is able to contribute to the

support of the child, the court shall enter an order requiring the parent or estate to pay a

reasonable sum for the support, maintenance, or education of the child. The order shall

direct that the money be paid to the circuit clerk to be disbursed as ordered by the court or

be paid to the person, facility, agency, or the Department of Juvenile Justice or cabinet to

which the child was committed or probated. On application and on such notice as the

court may direct, the court may m ake alterations in the requirement for contribution. The

court may issue such orders necessary to compel payment of the sum due. The

enforcement of a sentence imposed on a parent who fails to comply with the order of the

court may be suspended at the discr etion of the court, but the suspension may be revoked

at the discretion of the court upon the failure of the parent to obey further orders of the

court. This section shall not apply when the parent or other person exercising custodial

control or supervisio n of the child was the victim of the child's criminal conduct under

KRS Chapters 635 or 640, or filed the complaint against the child under other provisions

of the Unified Juvenile Code.