{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-407.5316","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 407.5316","heading":"Special rules of evidence and procedure.","body":"(1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of\nthis state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a\nsupport order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.\n(2) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or\na document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded\nunder the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under\npenalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.\n(3) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true copy of the\noriginal by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal.\nThe copy is evidence of facts asse rted in it, and is admissible to show whether\npayments were made.\n(4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal\nhealth care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least ten (10)\ndays before tri al, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges\nbilled and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.\n(5) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state\nby telephone, telecopier, or o ther electronic means that do not provide an original\nrecord may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of\ntransmission.\n(6) In a proceeding under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, a tribunal of this state shall\npermit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under\npenalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a\ndesignated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with\nother tribunals in designa ting an appropriate location for the deposition or\ntestimony.\n(7) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the\ntestimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference\nfrom the refusal.\n(8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply\nin a proceeding under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902.\n(9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent\nand child does not apply in a proceeding under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902.\n(10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to\nestablish parentage of the child.","path":["KRS Chapter 407"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44103","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:34Z","sha256":"dbd92723f5ed417d24617315df1820974ffd15fa5c0cf5a7e48062f02f3b7874","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-407.5315","next":"us-ky/krs-407.5318"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}