{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-403.850","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 403.850","heading":"Registration of child custody determination.","body":"(1) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered\nin this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to\na court with jurisdiction in this state:\n(a) A letter or other document requesting registration;\n(b) Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of the determination sought\nto be registered, and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the\nknowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been\nmodified; and\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 403.838, the name and address of the\nperson seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who\nhas been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination\nsought to be registered.\n(2) On receipt of the documents required by subsection (1) of this section, the\nregistering court shall:\n(a) Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one\n(1) copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardl ess of their\nform; and\n(b) Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to subsection (1)(c) of this\nsection and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in\naccordance with this section.\n(3) The notice required by subsection (2)(b) of this section shall state that:\n(a) A registered determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in\nthe same manner as a determination issued by a court of this state;\n(b) A hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination shal l be\nrequested within twenty (20) days after service of notice; and\n(c) Failure to contest the registration shall result in confirmation of the child\ncustody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with\nrespect to any matter that could have been asserted.\n(4) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order shall request a hearing\nwithin twenty (20) days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall\nconfirm the registered order unless the person contest ing registration establishes\nthat:\n(a) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Article 2;\n(b) The child custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated,\nstayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under Article 2; or\n(c) The person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not\ngiven in accordance with the standards of KRS 403.812, in the proceedings\nbefore the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.\n(5) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not\nmade, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting\nregistration and all persons served shall be notified of the confirmation.\n(6) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and\nhearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could\nhave been asserted at the time of registration.","path":["KRS Chapter 403"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17519","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:31Z","sha256":"325113f2744af54df1e6de79abebee02efefa88a01f17333c2539bb33a5ff47d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-403.848","next":"us-ky/krs-403.852"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}