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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A person who has filed a foreign protective order in a court in Kentucky is under a continuing obligation to inform the court of any expiration, vacation, modification, or other change in the order which the person filing the order has received from the issuing foreign court.
(2) A person who has filed a foreign protective order in a court in Kentucky shall, within two (2) working days of the occurrence of any event specified in subsection (1) of this section, notify the clerk of the court in which the foreign protective order was filed of the fact of the changed order and present the clerk with a copy of the order for authentication as provided in this chapter. The clerk shall immediately notify the Law Information Network of Kentucky entering agency of the modification.
(3) No court in Kentucky and no peace officer in Kentucky shall be expected to enforce a provision of a foreign protective order which has been the subject of any action specified in subsection (1) of this section, unless proper notice has been given in accordance with this section.
(4) Intentional failure of a person who has filed a foreign protective order to make the notifications required by this section in the manner required by this section shall constitute contempt of court and may be grounds for an appropriate civil action brought by any person damaged by the intentional act of omission by the person failing to act.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XLII. Miscellaneous Practice Provisions § 456.170.Notice to court of foreign protective order's expiration, vacation, modification, or other change - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xlii-miscellaneous-practice-provisions/ky-rev-st-sect-456-170/
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