Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IV. Judicial Branch § 21A.190.Pilot project to study the feasibility and desirability of conducting some open juvenile proceedings

(a) Dependency, neglect, and abuse proceedings under KRS Chapter 620; and

(b) Termination of parental rights proceedings under KRS Chapter 625.

(2)(a) The pilot project may be established in a minimum of three (3) diverse judicial districts or judicial circuits or a division or divisions thereof chosen by the Chief Justice.

(b) A pilot project authorized by this subsection shall not be established in a judicial district or judicial circuit or a division thereof when objected to by the applicable judge or county attorney.

(a) Require participating courts to be presumptively open;

(b) Last for four (4) years, unless extended or limited by the General Assembly; and

(c) Be monitored and evaluated by the Administrative Office of the Courts to determine:

(a) Shall provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by September 1 of each year the program is in operation with statistics, findings, and recommendations; and

(b) May make periodic progress reports and statistical reports and provide suggestions to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children and to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary when determined necessary by the Chief Justice.