{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-403.325","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 403.325","heading":"Visitation denied parent convicted of homicide of other parent -- Exception","body":"-- Hearing required.\n(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 403.320, if a parent of a child is convicted\nof murder or manslaughter in the first degree of the other parent, a court shall not\ngrant the convicted parent visitation rights with respect to that child unless the\ncourt, through a hearing, determines that visitation is in the child's best interest.\n(2) If the court later modifies a denial of visitation to grant visit ation, the court shall do\nso only after a hearing which establishes that visitation is in the child's best interest.\n(3) In any hearing conducted under subsection (1) or (2) of this section:\n(a) Jurisdiction shall lie with the Circuit Court of the county w here the child\nresides; and\n(b) The convicted parent, to obtain visitation, shall have to meet the burden of\nproving that visitation is in the child's best interest.","path":["KRS Chapter 403"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1470","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:29Z","sha256":"95f312d0a46afbac066ff6826e5c570b9cbf52cc57448c4afcdab06d85b30c86","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-403.322","next":"us-ky/krs-403.330"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}