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Title 17 - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFAREChapter 199 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN - ADOPTION
ADOPTION
Section 199.493 - Prohibition against payment of attorney's fees of biological parent without court approval - Penalty

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 199.493

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Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 199.493 - Prohibition against payment of attorney's fees of biological parent without court approval - Penalty
(1) No adoptive parent, proposed adoptive parent, agency, or intermediary shall pay the attorney's fees of a biological parent for any purpose related to an adoption action except as approved by the court.
(2) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

KRS 199.493

Effective:7/15/1994
Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 242, sec. 21, effective7/15/1994.