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Kentucky's Laws on Living Expenses

Kentucky

Birth Parent Expenses Allowed Statute: § 199.590(6)(a)

  1. • Fees for legal services
  2. • Cost of placement services
  3. • Expenses of the birth parents

Birth Parent Expenses Not Allowed Statute: § 199.493 

No adoptive parent, agency, or intermediary shall pay the attorney's fees of a biological parent except as approved by the court.

Allowable Payments for Arranging Adoption Statute: § 199.590(3), (5)

 No person or group shall act as intermediary in placing a child or accept a fee for facilitating an adoption.

Allowable Payments for Relinquishing Child Statute: § 199.590(2)

 A person, agency, or intermediary shall not sell or purchase any child for the purpose of adoption.

Allowable Fees Charged by Department/Agency Statute: § 199.590(2) 

A child-placing agency may charge a fee for adoption services.

Accounting of Expenses Required by Court Statute: § 199.590(6)(a) 

The expenses paid shall be submitted to the court, supported by an affidavit, detailing the expenses for the court's approval or modification.


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