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2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 454 - MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL PRACTICE PROVISIONS
.220 Personal jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents in certain domestic relations matters.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 454.220 (2018)
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454.220 Personal jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents in certain domestic relations matters. A court in any matrimonial action or family court proceeding involving a demand for support, alimony, maintenance, distributive awards, or special relief in matrimonial actions may exercise personal jurisdiction over the respondent or defendant notwithstanding the fact that he or she no longer is a resident or domiciliary of this state, or over his or her executor or administrator, if the party seeking support is a resident of or domiciled in this state at the time the demand is made, if this state was the matrimonial domicile of the parties before their separation; the defendant abandoned the plaintiff in this state; or the claim for support, alimony, maintenance, distributive awards, or special relief in matrimonial actions accrued under the laws of this state. The action shall be filed within one (1) year of the date the respondent or defendant became a nonresident of, or moved his domicile from, this state. Service of process may be made by personal service if the defendant or respondent is found within the state or by service through the use of KRS 454.210(3). Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992.
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