Kentucky Statutes 23A.110 – Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote underlying purposes
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The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows:
(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and familial relationships;
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse;
(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June
24, 2003. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.
(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and familial relationships;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 23A.110
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse;
(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June
24, 2003. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.