AN ACT relating to paternity in domestic violence actions.

Amend KRS 403.725 to grant a court authority to make a determination of paternity when issuing orders of protection in domestic violence cases; amend KRS 403.740 to grant a court authority to include a determination of paternity when issuing domestic violence orders.

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: February 7, 2025

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This bill would allow Kentucky courts to officially establish who a child's legal father is at the same time they issue a protective order in a domestic violence case. Currently, those two matters would have to be handled in separate legal proceedings. Combining them could reduce the burden on families navigating both domestic violence and family court systems at the same time. Who it may affect: survivors of domestic violence seeking protective orders, parents of children whose paternity has not been legally established, and their children.

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