KRS § 405.411 Newspaper publication of names of persons with child support arrearages or who fail to appear in child support cases.
AI-assisted research summary: The Attorney General’s office may compile and publish a list of certain child support debtors or noncompliant persons, and state officials must set publication standards.
405.411 Newspaper publication of names of persons with child support arrearages or who fail to appear in child support cases. (1) The Office of the Attorney General's designee under KRS 15.802(6) for the administration of child support may compile a list of the names of persons under its jurisdiction who have a child support arrearage that equals or exceeds six (6) months without payment, or fail, after receiving appropriate notice, to comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings as provided by 42 U.S.C. sec. 666(a)(16). The Office of the Attorney General may furnish this list to the newspaper of general circulation in that county for publication. (2) The Department of Child Support Services in the Department of Law shall determine uniform standards for publication. The Office of the Attorney General is authorized to promulgate the necessary administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to implement the provisions of this section. (3) For purposes of this section, "newspaper of general circulation" means a publication bearing a title or name, regularly issued at least as frequently as once a week for a definite price, having a second-class mailing privilege, being not less than four (4) pages, published continuously during the immediately preceding one (1) year period, which is published for the dissemination of news of general interest, and is circulated generally in the political subdivision in which it is published and in which notice is to be given. In any county where a publication fully complying with this definition does not exist, the Office of the Attorney General may publish this list in the publication utilized by the Circuit Court Clerk of the county for publication of other legal notices in the county. A newspaper that is not engaged in the distribution of news of general interest to the public, but that is primarily engaged in the distribution of news of interest to a particular group of citizens, is not a newspaper of general circulation. Effective: July 1, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 11, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 48, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 16, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 70, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 630, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 430, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2025). Under the authority of KRS 7.136(1), a reference to KRS 15.802"(7)" in subsection (1) of this statute has been changed to KRS 15.802"(6)" in codification following the enactment of 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 9, which repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended KRS 205.712 as a section of KRS Chapter 15 [KRS 15.802], deleted subsection (1) in its entirety, and resulted in the renumbering of subsequent subsections.