{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-403.110","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 403.110","heading":"Purpose of chapter.","body":"This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes,\nwhich are to:\n(1) Strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and safeguard family\nrelationships;\n(2) Promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have ar isen between parties to a\nmarriage;\n(3) Mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process\nof legal dissolution of marriage;\n(4) Make reasonable provision for spouse and minor children during and after\nlitigation; and\n(5) Make the law of legal dissolution of marriage effective for dealing with the realities\nof matrimonial experience by making irretrievable breakdown of the marriage\nrelationship the sole basis for its dissolution.","path":["KRS Chapter 403"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1443","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:29Z","sha256":"bbfdb26e36aedb08d39cf88e64835ccc4a912fb91e3fcfa5a512e9753539bfb6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-403.100","next":"us-ky/krs-403.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}