Senate Bill 43

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Title AN ACT relating to adoption.
Bill Documents Introduced
Impact Statements Fiscal Note
Bill Request Number 101
Sponsors W. Westerfield, R. Girdler
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 199.011, 199.502, 199.555, and 625.065 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Fiscal Note - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Children and Minors - Putative father registry, creation of
Civil Actions - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Civil Procedure - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Courts, Circuit - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Courts, Family - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Men - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Men - Putative father registry, creation of
Parental Rights - Adoption, unified application for placement, creation of
Parental Rights - Putative father registry, creation of

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01/03/18
  • introduced in Senate
01/04/18
  • to Judiciary (S)


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