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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 199.601 (2026)

Repealed, 1986

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Voluntary termination of parental rights - Petition - Hearing. History: Repealed 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 198. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 8. Note: This section was repealed by 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 280, which was to have become effective July 1, 1982. Thereafter, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 284 changed the effective date of that act to July 15, 1984. Then, 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 184 repealed both 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 280, and 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 284.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1983–1989 · leading case: Van Wey v. Van Wey, 656 S.W.2d 731 (Ky. 1983).
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Van Wey v. Van Wey, 656 S.W.2d 731 (Ky. 1983). · cites it 2× “Van Wey have a right to revoke her consent or withdraw her petition at any time before judgment regardless of whether or not her acts were initially voluntary? 3) Should the question of termination be decided on the basis of the law that relates to voluntary termination, KRS…”
Wright v. Howard, 711 S.W.2d 492 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). “603(7) provides: "Proceedings under KRS 199.601 to 199.617 may be instituted upon petition by the cabinet, any child-placing agency licensed by the cabinet, any probation officer, any state or local law enforcement officer, any county or commonwealth's attorney or parent.”
Hicks v. Enlow, 764 S.W.2d 68 (Ky. 1989). “613(2) then stating as follows: “Where parental rights have been terminated pursuant to KRS 199.601 to 199.617 all legal relationships between the parents and child shall cease to exist, the same as if the relationship of parent and child had never existed, except that the child…”
Surrogate Parenting Assocs., Inc. v. Commonwealth ex rel. Armstrong, 704 S.W.2d 207 (Ky. 1986). “590(2), which prohibits sale, purchase or procurement for sale or purchase of “any child for the purpose of adoption”; 1 B) KRS 199.601(2), which prohibits filing a petition for voluntary termination of parental rights “prior to five (5) days after the birth of a child”; and C)…”
Unknown Person ex rel. Englert v. Whittington, 737 S.W.2d 676 (Ky. 1987). “Regardless of any procedural defect as to KRS 199.601, the child’s mother was before the court as a defendant and has not appealed from the judgment terminating her parental rights.”
Cabinet for Human Resources v. D.S., 746 S.W.2d 87 (Ky. Ct. App. 1988). “See also KRS 199.601, 199.-609 (now see KRS 625.020).”
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Surrogate Parenting Assocs., Inc. v. Commonwealth ex rel. Armstrong, 704 S.W.2d 207 (Ky. 1986). “590(2), which prohibits sale, purchase or procurement for sale or purchase of “any child for the purpose of adoption”; 1 B) KRS 199.601(2), which prohibits filing a petition for voluntary termination of parental rights “prior to five (5) days after the birth of a child”; and C)…”
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