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Last action · January 9, 2025

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Introduced January 7, 2025

Senate

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

SB46

AN ACT relating to protective orders.

Amend KRS 403.730, relating to petitions for orders of protection, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 403.745, relating to the effective date of protective orders, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 453.060 to direct that attorney's fees for a warning order…

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This bill changes how protective orders can be delivered to the person they are filed against, allowing service by additional legal methods beyond in-person delivery. It also clarifies that attorney fees for a court-appointed "warning order attorney" — used when someone cannot be located — will be paid by the state Finance and Administration Cabinet. These changes apply to both domestic violence protective orders and interpersonal protective orders in Kentucky. Who it may affect: people seeking or named in protective orders, and attorneys appointed by courts to represent absent parties in protective order cases.

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