(1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:
(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
(b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;
(c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
(d) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; or
(e) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.
(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
(4) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen (18) years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records. Effective: July 13, 2004 History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 11, effective July 13, 2004.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2024 · leading case:
Drury v. Drury, 32 S.W.3d 521 (Ky. Ct. App. 2000).
Drury v. Drury, 32 S.W.3d 521 (Ky. Ct. App. 2000).
“The appellant contends that the trial court’s use of the standard visitation schedule did not comply with the requirements of KRS 403.820. Finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in applying the visitation schedule, we affirm.”
Williams v. Frymire, 377 S.W.3d 579 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
“KRS 403.820(3) provides for the modification of custody “upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior decree or that were unknown to the court at the time of entry of the prior decree, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or his custodian, and…”
Kelsay v. Carson, 317 S.W.3d 595 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 2× “” Under Pennington , then, Tracie’s request was a motion to modify the parties’ visitation/time-sharing arrangements and, as previously mentioned, is governed by KRS § 403.820, which states: (3) The court may modify an order granting or denying visitation rights whenever…”
Yiting Wu v. Chun-Hsien Wu, No. 2022 CA 001128 (Ky. Ct. App. Feb. 15, 2024).
“800 to KRS 403.820. Article 2 (jurisdiction) is at KRS 403.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 403.820(3): 1 case
Williams v. Frymire, 377 S.W.3d 579 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
“KRS 403.820(3) provides for the modification of custody “upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior decree or that were unknown to the court at the time of entry of the prior decree, that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or his custodian, and…”
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