2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 405 - Parent and child
405.991 Penalties.

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KY Rev Stat § 405.991 (2025)
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405.991 Penalties. (1) (2) (3) Any person or corporation violating the provisions of KRS 405.465 or 405.467 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both. A person who violates KRS 405.490(2) shall pay the Office of the Attorney General the value of the property ordered to be held or the delinquent child support, whichever is less, plus interest at the legal rate for judgments, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. A person who violates KRS 405.430(12) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall be responsible for payment of any difference between the amount of child support calculated using the correct information and the prior calculation using the false information. Effective: July 1, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 15, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 51, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 330, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 16, effective July 13, 1984. Subsection (2) formerly codified as KRS 405.530.
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