{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-407.5708","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 407.5708","heading":"Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a tribunal of this\nstate shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.\n(2) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may\nrefuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:\n(a) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with\npublic policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum\nstandards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;\n(b) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with KRS\n407.5201;\n(c) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country;\n(d) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;\n(e) A record transmitted in accordance with KRS 407.5706 lacks authenticity or\nintegrity;\n(f) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same pu rpose is\npending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be\nfiled;\n(g) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the\nsame parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is\nentitled to recognition and enforcement under KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902;\n(h) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part;\n(i) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the\nproceeding in the issuing foreign country:\n1.  If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the\nrespondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings a nd an\nopportunity to be heard; or\n2. If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the\nproceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and\nan opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before\na tribunal; or\n(j) The order was made in violation of KRS 407.5711.\n(3) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a Convention support order under\nparagraph (b), (d), or (i) of subsection (2) of this section:\n(a) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding  without allowing a reasonable\ntime for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support\norder; and\n(b) The Office of the Attorney General shall take all appropriate measures to\nrequest a child support order for the obligee if the applicati on for recognition\nand enforcement was received under KRS 407.5704.","path":["KRS Chapter 407"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54401","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:34Z","sha256":"25807ed549fa0549a20ceb58c5c27837806fda1fbf95b39a7a25fc04ca002ba4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-407.5707","next":"us-ky/krs-407.5709"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}