{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-199.493","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 199.493","heading":"Prohibition against payment of attorney's fees of biological parent without","body":"court approval -- Penalty.\n(1) No adoptive parent, proposed adoptive parent, agency, or intermediary shall pay the\nattorney's fees of a biological parent for any purpose relat ed to an adoption action\nexcept as approved by the court.\n(2) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A\nmisdemeanor.","path":["KRS Chapter 199"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7178","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:54Z","sha256":"8bcb70215fcfe611ccdaa7c757fedf252c08cdef2a7fb38be8559985da1375ff","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-199.492","next":"us-ky/krs-199.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}