2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 199 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN - ADOPTION 199.502 Conditions necessary for adoption without consent of child's biological living parents.
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199.502 Conditions necessary for adoption without consent of child's biological
living parents.
(1)
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 199.500(1), an adoption may be granted
without the consent of the biological living parents of a child if it is pleaded and
proved as part of the adoption proceeding that any of the following conditions exist
with respect to the child:
(a) That the parent has abandoned the child for a period of not less than ninety
(90) days;
(b) That the parent had inflicted or allowed to be inflicted upon the child, by other
than accidental means, serious physical injury;
(c) That the parent has continuously or repeatedly inflicted or allowed to be
inflicted upon the child, by other than accidental means, physical injury or
emotional harm;
(d) That the parent has been convicted of a felony that involved the infliction of
serious physical injury to a child named in the present adoption proceeding;
(e) That the parent, for a period of not less than six (6) months, has continuously
or repeatedly failed or refused to provide or has been substantially incapable
of providing essential parental care and protection for the child, and that there
is no reasonable expectation of improvement in parental care and protection,
considering the age of the child;
(f) That the parent has caused or allowed the child to be sexually abused or
exploited;
(g) That the parent, for reasons other than poverty alone, has continuously or
repeatedly failed to provide or is incapable of providing essential food,
clothing, shelter, medical care, or education reasonably necessary and
available for the child's well-being and that there is no reasonable expectation
of significant improvement in the parent's conduct in the immediately
foreseeable future, considering the age of the child;
(h) That:
1.
The parent's parental rights to another child have been involuntarily
terminated;
2.
The child named in the present adoption proceeding was born
subsequent to or during the pendency of the previous termination; and
3.
The condition or factor which was the basis for the previous termination
finding has not been corrected; or
(i) That the parent has been convicted in a criminal proceeding of having caused
or contributed to the death of another child as a result of physical or sexual
abuse or neglect.
Upon the conclusion of proof and argument of counsel, the Circuit Court shall enter
findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a decision either:
(a) Granting the adoption without the biological parent's consent; or
(b) Dismissing the adoption petition, and stating whether the child shall be
returned to the biological parent or the child's custody granted to the state,
another agency, or the petitioner.
Effective: March 17, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 18, effective March 17, 1998. -- Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 242, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1994.
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