{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-407.5205","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 407.5205","heading":"Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.","body":"(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law\nof this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its\nchild support order if the order is the controlling order and:\n(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence\nof the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the\nsupport order is issued; or\n(b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, o r\nthe child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a\nrecord or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise\njurisdiction to modify its order.\n(2) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child supp ort order consistent with the law\nof this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order\nif:\n(a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal\nof this state that a tribunal of another state  that has jurisdiction over at least\none (1) of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of\nresidence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive\njurisdiction; or\n(b) Its order is not the controlling order.\n(3) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the\nprovisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act as provided in KRS\n407.5101 to 407.5902 or a law substantially similar to KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902\nwhich modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state\nshall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other\nstate.\n(4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child\nsupport order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another\nstate to modify a support order issued in that state.\n(5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional\nconflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.","path":["KRS Chapter 407"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45098","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:33Z","sha256":"1e6a5dae5d7625ccb44ce1306ecbba646ac5a74766bcb0469b5f5c5bbb0a47b1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-407.5204","next":"us-ky/krs-407.5206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}