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407.5304 Duties of initiating tribunal.
(1)
(2)
Upon the filing of a petition authorized by KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902, an initiating
tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the
responding state; or
(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information
agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the
appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a
certificate or other document and make findings required by law of the responding
state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of
this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the
equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market
exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide other documents necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 17, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 4, effective March 23, 1998.-- Contingent effective date
repealed 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective March 23, 1998. -- Created 1996
Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 28, effective upon contingency.
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