Moments in Kentucky
Legislative History

Presented by the Kentucky Historical Society

Adoptions

An act approved March 25, 1930, provided that when an infant had been adopted “on petition of the person so adopting such infant . . . the surname of such child may, in the discretion of the Judge, be changed to that of the person adopting him.”

Bethany Orphanage

Rev. J.H. Lewis managed the Bethany Orphanage at Bethany, Ky. KHS Collections.

Kentucky Unbridled Spirit

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