{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-406.025","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 406.025","heading":"Rebuttable presumption of voluntary acknowledgment -of-paternity","body":"affidavit -- Temporary support order if paternity is indicated -- Continuation\nof child support until final determination of paternity.\n(1) Upon completion of a signed, notar ized, voluntary acknowledgment -of-paternity\naffidavit by the mother and alleged father, obtained through the hospital -based\npaternity program, and submitted to the state registrar of vital statistics, paternity\nshall be rebuttably presumed for the earlier of sixty (60) days or the date of an\nadministrative or judicial proceeding relating to the child, including a proceeding to\nestablish a child support order.\n(2) Upon completion of a signed, notarized, voluntary acknowledgment -of-paternity\naffidavit by the mother and alleged father obtained outside of the hospital and\nsubmitted to the state registrar of vital statistics, paternity shall be rebuttably\npresumed for the earlier of sixty (60) days or the date of an administrative or\njudicial proceeding relating to the child, including a proceeding to establish a child\nsupport order following the date of signatures on the notarized affidavit.\n(3) Pending an administrative or judicial determination of parentage, or upon a signed,\nnotarized, voluntary acknowledgment-of-paternity form having been transmitted by\nthe local registrar and received by the Vital Statistics Branch, a temporary support\norder shall be issued upon motion of any party if paternity is indicated by genetic\ntesting or other clear and convincing evidence.\n(4) The motion shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the factual basis for\nthe motion and the amounts requested.\n(5) The court shall, within fourteen (14) days from the filing of the motion, order an\namount of temporary child support ba sed upon the child support guidelines as\nprovided by KRS 403.212 or 403.2122. The ordered child support shall be\nretroactive to the date of the filing of the motion to move the court to enter an order\nfor temporary child support without written or oral not ice to the adverse party. The\norder shall provide that the order becomes effective seven (7) days following\nservice of the order and movant's affidavit upon the adverse party unless the\nadverse party, within the seven (7) day period, files a motion for a h earing before\nthe court. The motion for hearing shall be accompanied by the affidavit required by\nKRS 403.160(2)(a). Pending the hearing, the adverse party shall pay child support\nin an amount based upon the guidelines and the adverse party's affidavit. Th e child\nsupport order entered following the hearing shall be retroactive to the date of the\nfiling of the motion for temporary support unless otherwise ordered by the court.\n(6) Unless good cause is shown, court or administratively ordered child support sh all\ncontinue until final judicial or administrative determination of paternity.","path":["KRS Chapter 406"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55609","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:32Z","sha256":"d85ca63cfc4f718e9c2b52e08228b762f1a5215a022aed5d794666bcf9f7c4bd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-406.021","next":"us-ky/krs-406.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}