Section 23A.110 - Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote underlying purposesThe additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows:
(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;(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:6/24/2003
Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2003, Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 2, effective6/24/2003. -- Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 517, sec. 2, effective 9/1/1998.