{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-456.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 456.060","heading":"Ruling on petition for interpersonal protective order -- Duration of order.","body":"(1) Following a hearing ordered under KRS 456.040, if a court finds by a\npreponderance of the evidence that dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or\nstalking h as occurred and may again occur, the court may issue an interpersonal\nprotective order:\n(a) Restraining the adverse party from:\n1. Committing further acts of dating violence and abuse, stalking, or sexual\nassault;\n2. Any unauthorized contact or communication with the petitioner or other\nperson specified by the court;\n3. Approaching the petitioner or other person specified by the court within\na distance specified in the order, not to exceed five hundred (500) feet;\n4. Going to or within a specified distance of a specifically described\nresidence, school, or place of employment or area where such a place is\nlocated; and\n5. Disposing of or damaging any of the property of the parties;\n(b) Authorizing, at the request of the petitioner:\n1. Limited contact or commun ication between the parties that the court\nfinds necessary; or\n2. The parties to remain in a common area, which may necessitate them\nbeing closer than five hundred (500) feet under limited circumstances\nwith specific parameters set forth by the court.\nNothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to place any restriction or\nrestraint on the petitioner;\n(c) Directing or prohibiting any other actions that the court believes will be of\nassistance in eliminating future acts of dating violence and abuse, stalk ing, or\nsexual assault, except that the court shall not order the petitioner to take any\naffirmative action;\n(d) Directing that either or both of the parties receive counseling services\navailable in the community in dating violence and abuse cases; and\n(e) Awarding possession of any shared domestic animal to the petitioner.\n(2) In imposing a location restriction described in subsection (1)(a)4. of this section, the\ncourt shall:\n(a) Afford the petitioner and respondent, if present, an opportunity to testify on\nthe issue of the locations and areas from which the respondent should or\nshould not be excluded;\n(b) Only impose a location restriction where there is a specific, demonstrable\ndanger to the petitioner or other person protected by the order;\n(c) Specifically describe in the order the locations or areas prohibited to the\nrespondent; and\n(d) Consider structuring a restriction so as to allow the respondent transit through\nan area if the respondent does not interrupt his or her travel to harass, harm, or\nattempt to harass or harm the petitioner.\n(3) An interpersonal protective order shall be effective for a period of time fixed by the\ncourt, not to exceed three (3) years, and may be reissued upon expiration for\nsubsequent periods of up to three (3) years each.  The fact that an order has not been\nviolated since its issuance may be considered by a court in hearing a request for a\nreissuance of the order.","path":["KRS Chapter 456"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52925","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:59Z","sha256":"8c63909f3be3d05d80fef36f2823b04a43bdcfbdf763efbbbdec20a8f587bc8d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-456.050","next":"us-ky/krs-456.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}