{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-21a.190","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 21A.190","heading":"Pilot project to study the feasibility and desirability of conducting some","body":"open juvenile proceedings.\n(1) The General Assembly respectfully requests that the Supreme Court of Kentucky\ninstitute a pilot project to study the feasibility and des irability of the opening or\nlimited opening of court proceedings, except for proceedings related to sexual\nabuse, to the public which are related to:\n(a) Dependency, neglect, and abuse proceedings under KRS Chapter 620; and\n(b) Termination of parental rights proceedings under KRS Chapter 625.\n(2) (a) The pilot project may be established in a minimum of three (3) diverse\njudicial districts or judicial circuits or a division or divisions thereof chosen\nby the Chief Justice.\n(b) A pilot project authorized by t his subsection shall not be established in a\njudicial district or judicial circuit or a division thereof when objected to by the\napplicable judge or county attorney.\n(3) The pilot project shall:\n(a) Require participating courts to be presumptively open;\n(b) Last for four (4) years, unless extended or limited by the General Assembly;\nand\n(c) Be monitored and evaluated by the Administrative Office of the Courts to\ndetermine:\n1. Whether there are adverse effects resulting from the opening of certain\nproceedings or release of records;\n2. Whether the pilot project demonstrates a benefit to the litigants;\n3. Whether the pilot project demonstrates a benefit to the public;\n4. Whether the pilot project supports a determination that such proceedings\nshould be presumptively open;\n5. Whether the pilot project supports a determination that such proceedings\nshould be closed;\n6. How open proceedings under the pilot project impact the child;\n7. The parameters and limits of the program;\n8. Suggestions for the operation and improvement of the program;\n9. Rules changes which may be needed if the program is to be made\npermanent and expanded to all courts; and\n10. Recommendations for statutory change s which may be needed if the\nprogram is to be made permanent and expanded to all courts.\n(4) The Administrative Office of the Courts:\n(a) Shall provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and\nthe Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by September 1 of each year the\nprogram is in operation with statistics, findings, and recommendations; and\n(b) May make periodic progress reports and statistical reports and provide\nsuggestions to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children and to\nthe Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary when determined necessary by the\nChief Justice.","path":["KRS Chapter 21A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53676","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:42Z","sha256":"8cc3e97a3a77640aafd13c853a0c3b144e68f59e637d94fe0532c7e5e0947b27","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-21a.180","next":"us-ky/krs-21a.192"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}