(1) The Office of the Attorney General’s designee under KRS § 15.802(6) for the administration of child support may compile a list of the names of persons under its jurisdiction who have a child support arrearage that equals or exceeds six (6) months without payment, or fail, after receiving appropriate notice, to comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings as provided by 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(16). The Office of the Attorney General may furnish this list to the newspaper of general circulation in that county for publication.
(2) The Department for Income Support, Child Support Enforcement, in the Office of the Attorney General shall determine uniform standards for publication. The Office of the Attorney General is authorized to promulgate the necessary administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to implement the provisions of this section.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 405.411 v2

  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) For purposes of this section, “newspaper of general circulation” means a publication bearing a title or name, regularly issued at least as frequently as once a week for a definite price, having a second-class mailing privilege, being not less than four (4) pages, published continuously during the immediately preceding one (1) year period, which is published for the dissemination of news of general interest, and is circulated generally in the political subdivision in which it is published and in which notice is to be given. In any county where a publication fully complying with this definition does not exist, the Office of the Attorney General may publish this list in the publication utilized by the Circuit Court Clerk of the county for publication of other legal notices in the county. A newspaper that is not engaged in the distribution of news of general interest to the public, but that is primarily engaged in the distribution of news of interest to a particular group of citizens, is not a newspaper of general circulation.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 48, effective July 1, 2025. — Amended
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 16, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 70, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 630, effective June 20, 2005. — Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 430, sec. 11, effective July 14,
2000.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2025). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1), a reference to KRS § 15.802“(7)” in subsection (1) of this statute has been changed to KRS § 15.802“(6)” in codification following the enactment of 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 9, which repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended KRS
205.712 as a section of KRS Chapter 15 [KRS § 15.802], deleted subsection (1) in its entirety, and resulted in the renumbering of subsequent subsections.