{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-407.5305","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 407.5305","heading":"Duties and powers of responding tribunal.","body":"(1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading\nfrom an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to KRS 407.5301, it shall cause the\npetition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.\n(2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do\none (1) or more of the following:\n(a) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine\nthe controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;\n(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and\nthe manner of compliance;\n(c) Order income withholding;\n(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;\n(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;\n(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;\n(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;\n(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current\nresidential addr ess, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer,\naddress of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;\n(i) Issue a bench warrant or writ of arrest for an obligor who has failed after\nproper notice to appear at a hearing ordered b y the tribunal and enter the\nbench warrant or writ of arrest in any local and state computer systems for\ncriminal warrants;\n(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;\n(k) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and\n(l) Grant any other available remedy.\n(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under\nKRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, or in the documents accompanying the order, the\ncalculations on which the support order is based.\n(4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order\nissued under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 upon compliance by a party with\nprovisions for visitation.\n(5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under KRS 407.5101 to\n407.5902, the tribunal shall send a cop y of the order to the petitioner and the\nrespondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.\n(6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support\norder stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert\nthe amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under\nthe applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.","path":["KRS Chapter 407"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44094","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:34Z","sha256":"fb28fc4866929730eb9cc7b30b91725dabcefa55da729101399269a7de8d0cde","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-407.5304","next":"us-ky/krs-407.5306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}