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625.100 Termination orders.
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If the Circuit Court determines that parental rights are to be terminated
involuntarily in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, it shall enter an
order that the termination of parental rights and the transfer of custody are in
the best interest of the child, and that each petitioner is fully aware of the
purpose of the proceedings and the consequences of the provisions of this
chapter. The order shall terminate all parental rights and obligations of such
parent and release the child from all legal obligations to such parent and vest
care and custody of the child in such person, agency, or cabinet as the court
believes best qualified.
Upon consent by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the child may be
declared a ward of the state and custody vested in the cabinet or in any
child-placing agency or child-caring facility licensed by the cabinet or in another
person, if all persons with parental rights to the child under the law have had
their rights terminated voluntarily or involuntarily. If the other person is
unrelated to the child, a grant of custody shall be made only with the written
approval of the secretary or his designee.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 671, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 622, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 76, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky.
Acts ch. 423, sec. 106, effective July 1, 1987.
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