{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-454.220","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 454.220","heading":"Personal jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents in certain domestic","body":"relations matters.\nA court in any matrimonial action or family court proceeding involving a demand for\nsupport, alimony, maintenance, distributive awards, or special relief in matri monial\nactions may exercise personal jurisdiction over the respondent or defendant\nnotwithstanding the fact that he or she no longer is a resident or domiciliary of this state,\nor over his or her executor or administrator, if the party seeking support is a resident of or\ndomiciled in this state at the time the demand is made, if this state was the matrimonial\ndomicile of the parties before their separation; the defendant abandoned the plaintiff in\nthis state; or the claim for support, alimony, maintenance, distributive awards, or special\nrelief in matrimonial actions accrued under the laws of this state. The action shall be filed\nwithin one (1) year of the date the respondent or defendant became a nonresident of, or\nmoved his domicile from, this state. Servi ce of process may be made by personal service\nif the defendant or respondent is found within the state or by service through the use of\nKRS 454.210(3).","path":["KRS Chapter 454"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19603","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:58Z","sha256":"25da220e1110a2d91c90b83488abd3b71e8d8328bb80a6d6a7f1d150b1c8476c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-454.210","next":"us-ky/krs-454.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}