Title III, Executive Branch

The payment of public assistance to or on behalf of a dependent child shall create a debt due and owing the state by the parent or parents of the child. If a court has ordered child support incident to a final divorce decree or other final order for child support, the debt shall …

Effect of termination of Title IV-D services. (1) By applying for Title IV-D services or accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a needy dependent child, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the office of the right to any child support or maintenanc…

benefits -- Continuation of IV-D services -- Fee for services -- Exemption -- Annual fee. (1) All services available to individuals receiving public assistance under Title IV-A of the Federal Social Security Act benefits shall also be available to individuals not receiving public…

(1) Whenever the cabinet receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a needy dependent child or reviews the records of those currently receiving public assistance on behalf of a needy dependent child and it appears to the satisfaction of the cabinet that either or …

child support obligations -- Registry of information relating to parents -- Assistance from governmental agencies -- Limits on availability of information. (1) Unless the Office of the Attorney General has reason to believe allegations of child abuse or domestic violence and that…

The Office of the Attorney General shall, to the extent federal funding is available, establish a statewide program to help low-income, noncustodial parents find and keep employment. The goal of the program shall be to reduce welfare payments by helping participants become financ…

All business concerns doing business in this state, to the extent that they have employees working within this state, or maintain personnel files within this state, or are incorporated under the laws of this state, shall provide the Office of the Attorney General with the followi…

actions -- Immobilization of vehicles of child support obligors. (1) A child support lien or levy in favor of the Office of the Attorney General shall be enforceable against all real and personal property of the obligor if he has failed to make child support payment in an amount …

(1) Child support payments made pursuant to a court order shall be made through the state agency or an agency designated by the state agency to receive payments and paid to the Office of the Attorney General upon notice by the office to the court and the obligor that the child is…

If any check tendered to the Office of the Attorney General is not paid when presented to the drawee bank for payment, there shall be paid as a penalty by the payor who tendered the check, or the payor for whom the check was tendered, upon notice and demand of the office, an amou…

(1) Any payments of support made on behalf of a needy dependent child who is receiving public assistance shall be deposited by the Office of the Attorney General in a manner prescribed by the Attorney General which is consistent with state and federal law and regulations. Distrib…

The Office of the Attorney General may appear in any judicial proceeding on behalf of the dependent child in order to secure support for the child from his parent or parents.

support cases. For purposes of KRS 15.800 to 15.876, KRS Chapter 403, and KRS Chapter 407, the Circuit Court and the District Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to establish, modify, and enforce obligations of child support in cases where the determination of paternity is n…

(1) The Office of the Attorney General shall require a parent in appropriate cases to give security, post bond, or give some other guarantee to secure payment of overdue support. (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide advance notice to the obligor regarding the deli…

for information. (1) The Office of the Attorney General shall periodically make information available to consumer reporting agencies regarding the amount of overdue support owed by a parent. Amounts may be reported by the office to the certified consumer reporting agency. (2) The…

child support recovery. (1) The Office of the Attorney General shall request information from a certified consumer reporting agency only when a full credit report is needed for the purpose of establishing a parent's capacity to make child support payments, determining the appropr…

(1) In cases deemed appropriate pursuant to established guidelines, the Office of the Attorney General shall refer for federal income tax refund offset and state income tax refund offset verified amounts which are owed for overdue child support and maintenance amounts that are in…

The Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Revenue shall work together to develop a system of information sharing for the effective and efficient collection of child support payments. Any requirement included in KRS Chapter 15, 131, 205, 403, or 405 or any other law…

(1) If a child is receiving services under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act and the Office of the Attorney General has taken action under KRS 15.800 to 15.876 or 403.215, 405.405 to 405.530 and 530.050 to obtain support on behalf of the child, matters concerning cust…

Surrender of assets when parent is subject to lien -- Fee -- Financial institutions not liable. (1) Financial institutions doing business in the Commonwealth shall enter into cooperative agreements with the Office of the Attorney General or its designee to operate a data match sy…

(1) The Office of the Attorney General shall use the wage reporting and financial institution match system formerly designed, developed, implemented, and operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the purpose of identifying the financial assets of individuals as i…

- Liability of financial institution -- Fee. (1) A financial institution furnishing a report or providing asset information of an individual owing past-due support to the Office of the Attorney General under either subsection (1) or subsection (2) of KRS 15.846 shall not disclose…

activity fees -- Priority of lien. (1) When the Office of the Attorney General determines that the name, record address, and either Social Security number or taxpayer identification number of an account with a financial institution matches the name, record address, and either the…

enforce obligation created in another state -- Priority of out-of-state lien -- Certification of authority. (1) An interstate lien may be created and a notice of interstate lien may be filed on all of an obligor's real and personal property that is located in another state to enf…

At any time prior to a child's twenty-first birthday, the Office of the Attorney General may institute a legal action against an obligor for the reimbursement of money paid by the office for the benefit of the child through the public assistance programs.

In a county containing a city of the first class, the provisions of KRS 454.140 notwithstanding, including those provisions related to priority of other officers, all forms of legal process may be served in any child support action by a constable of the county upon direction by t…

(1) It shall be unlawful for anyone to knowingly refuse to give the Attorney General or his or her designee the name of a parent of a child for whom services are being provided under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act or information which will assist the Attorney Gener…

The procedures, actions, and remedies provided for in KRS 15.800 to 15.876, 403.215, 405.405 to 405.530, and 530.050 shall be in addition to and not in substitution of other proceedings provided by law.

In addition to the procedures for judicial determination, and enforcement of support obligations described in KRS 15.800 to 15.876, the Office of the Attorney General may employ administrative process, as described in KRS 405.405 to 405.520, to determine and enforce support oblig…

Financial institution may deduct funds from account -- Action to enforce subpoena. (1) The Office of the Attorney General shall have authority to issue an administrative subpoena commanding information and records relating to the establishment, enforcement, and collection of chil…

The Attorney General may adopt regulations necessary to prevent conflict with federal laws and regulations or the loss of federal funds. The Attorney General may adopt regulations to establish procedures necessary to guarantee due process of law. These regulations shall be consis…

Penalties for unauthorized disclosure. No employee or agent of the Commonwealth shall divulge any information referred to in KRS 15.800 to 15.876, except in the manner prescribed in KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to any public or private agency or individual; provided, however, that inform…

Nothing in KRS 15.800 to 15.876 shall be construed to prevent the release by the Office of the Attorney General of wage and financial institution information data to the United States Social Security Administration or the agencies of other states who administer federally funded w…

The Office of the Attorney General may coordinate with other state agencies and cabinets to develop a system for the effective and efficient collection of child support payments.

Where establishment of paternity and enforcement and collection of child support is by law the responsibility of local officials, the Office of the Attorney General shall refer cases to the appropriate official for such. The Office of the Attorney General may enter into cooperati…

All forms, child support orders, wage withholding orders, or orders amending an existing child support order, entered in any case in Circuit, District, or Family Court that require entry into the state case registry pursuant to KRS 15.802(3) shall be entered on forms adopted by t…

As used in KRS 15.900 to 15.940: (1) "Abused or neglected child" has the same meaning as in KRS 600.020; (2) "Child" means a person under eighteen (18) years of age; (3) "Child sexual abuse and exploitation" means harm to a child's health or welfare by any person, responsible or …

(1) The State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board is created as an autonomous agency within the Office of the Attorney General. (2) The state board may appoint an executive director of the state board to exercise the powers and carry out the duties of the state board. Effect…

(1) The state board shall be composed of the following fifteen (15) members: (a) 1. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or designee; 2. The secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or designee; 3. The secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet …

(1) The business which the state performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the state board held in compliance with the Open Meetings Act. (2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the state board of the performance in an official function …

(1) The state board shall do all of the following: (a) Meet not less than quarterly at the call of the chairperson; (b) One (1) year after the original appointment of the state board, and biennially thereafter, develop a state plan for the distribution of funds from the trust fun…

The state board shall by December 1 of each year report to the Governor and the General Assembly recommending changes in state programs, statutes, policies, budgets, and standards that will reduce the problem of child sexual abuse and exploitation and child abuse and neglect, imp…

The state board may accept federal funds granted by the Congress or executive order for the purposes of KRS 15.900 to 15.940 as well as gifts and donations from individuals, private organizations, or foundations. All funds received in the manner described in this section shall be…

(1) The state board may authorize the disbursement of available money from the trust fund, upon legislative appropriations, for exclusively the following purposes, which are listed in the order of preference for expenditure: (a) To fund a private nonprofit or public organization …

Administration by cabinet. In making grants to a community resource organization, the state board shall consider the degree to which the community resource organization meets the following criteria: (1) Has as its primary purpose the development and facilitation of a collaborativ…

cases. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the Attorney General, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop a training plan for investigation of child sexual abuse and child abuse and neglect cases and protection of ch…

The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall provide an in-service training program for peace officers in child development, the dynamics of physical and sexual abuse, the impact of violence on child development, the treatment of offenders, and related issues. Each peace officer de…

sexual abuse and child abuse and neglect -- Assistance to prosecutors. The Attorney General shall have staff available who are specially trained in child sexual abuse and child abuse and neglect. Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys may request assistance in the investig…

Any person who knowingly or willfully makes any false or fraudulent statement or representation in any record, report, or application to the council, department, or other agency of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 shall be fined not less than one h…

Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of KRS 15.350 to 15.370 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).