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 be limited to the amount specified in the decree or order.
Effective: July 15, 1988

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.715

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Public assistance: means money grants, assistance in kind, or services to or for the benefit of needy aged, needy blind, needy permanently and totally disabled persons, needy children, or persons with whom a needy child lives or a family containing a combination of these categories, except that the term shall not be construed to permit the granting of financial aid where the purpose of such aid is to obtain an abortion. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 411, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 277, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
343, sec. 3.

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