{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-625.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 625.060","heading":"Parties to action -- Intervention of foster parent.","body":"(1) In addition to the child, the following shall be the parties in an action for\ninvoluntary termination of parental rights:\n(a) The petitioner;\n(b) The cabinet, if not the petitioner; and\n(c) The biological parents, if known and if their rights have not been  previously\nterminated. It shall not be necessary to make the putative father a party if he is\nexempted by KRS 625.065.\n(2) Any party other than the child who is not the petitioner shall be a respondent.\n(3) A foster parent of a child who is currently plac ed with the foster parent for a\nminimum of six (6) months may intervene as a matter of right in any action for the\ninvoluntary termination of parental rights involving a child who is placed with the\nfoster parent, provided the cabinet has no concerns relat ed to maltreatment of the\nchild while in the foster parent's care. Such intervention may be made anonymously\nor in the true name of the foster parent. If proceeding anonymously, the foster parent\nshall be identified by initials and shall receive service th rough his or her counsel or,\nif not represented by counsel, by providing a preferred mailing address to receive\nnotices from the court and other parties.","path":["KRS Chapter 625"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51434","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:08Z","sha256":"e3be2aeb44598826b33200fbf8849c93ac77d4b5c7105cc72fa29a706e2242d7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-625.050","next":"us-ky/krs-625.065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}