Courts, Family
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-635]
Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/06/2020
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AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and counsel for minors and disabled adults and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-230]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to create the Office of Child and Family Advocacy, the Child and Family Advocacy Commission, and the child and family advocate position to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and counsel for minors and disabled adults; amend KRS 49.120, 209.110, 353.260, 387.305, 387.560, 392.140, and 620.100 to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees to $500; amend various statutes to conform; Sections 4 to 28 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To Judiciary (s) on 03/02/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parentage and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-480]
Establish KRS Chapter 408 to adopt the Uniform Parentage Act (2017); amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 199.503 and KRS Chapter 406.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Sims
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act. [HB-428]
Establish KRS Chapter 403A and create new sections thereof to establish the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; amend KRS 403.280, 403.320, 403.340, 403.352, and 403.353 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
To Judiciary (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities. [HB-356]
The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $476,780,400 in fiscal year 2020-2021 and $490,618,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide funds for defined calculations; provide funds for current position levels; provide funds for a 2.5% increase in each year of the biennium for all non-elected and elected personnel; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 and 2018 increases in civil filing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 96) on 04/16/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the restoration of parental rights. [SB-92]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to establish a process and requirements for the restoration of parental rights; amend KRS 164.2847 to include a student who was reunified with parents whose parental rights were restored and a student who obtained a high school equivalency diploma; amend KRS 625.046 and 625.110 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Judiciary (s) on 01/16/2020