610.071 Requirement for certain persons to attend hearings -- Penalty

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KY Code › Title LI › Chapter 610 › Section 610.071

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610.071 Requirement for certain persons to attend hearings -- Penalty.

(1) At any hearing or other proceeding under KRS Chapters 630 to 645, at least one (1)

person ordered by the court pursuant to KRS 610.070(4) to attend hearings or

proceedings involving the child shall be present. The court shall make reasonable

accommodations to allow the person to attend.

(2) A person who has been excluded from a hearing pursuant to KRS 610.070(3) and

has not subsequently been ordered by the court to be present at future proceedings

shall not be charged under this section.

(3) If a violation of subsection (1) of this section occurs, any parent, guardian, or other

person who was ordered pursuant to KRS 610.070(4) to attend hearings or

proceedings involving the child shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars

($500) or ordered to participate in up to forty (40) hours of community service.

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