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23A.110 Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote
underlying purposes.
The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally <br>construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows: <br>(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and
familial relationships;
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse; <br>(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family
members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or
neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the
process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of
divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a
family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003 <br>History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June
24, 2003. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.
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23A.110 Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote
underlying purposes.
The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally <br>construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows: <br>(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and
familial relationships;
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse; <br>(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family
members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or
neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the
process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of
divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a
family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003 <br>History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June
24, 2003. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.
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23A.110 Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote
underlying purposes.
The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally <br>construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows: <br>(1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and
familial relationships;
(2) To protect children and adult family members from domestic violence and abuse; <br>(3) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have arisen between family
members;
(4) To assure an adequate remedy for children adjudged to be dependent, abused, or
neglected, and for those children adjudicated as status offenders;
(5) To mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their children caused by the
process of legal dissolution of marriage;
(6) To make adequate provision for the care, custody, and support of minor children of
divorce and for those children who have been born out of wedlock; and
(7) To provide a level of proceedings, when necessary, that is more appropriate to a
family court division of Circuit Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003 <br>History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective June
24, 2003. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective September 1, 1998.
