HB244: AN ACT relating to children.

Legislative Summary

Amends KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define terms, to provide that shared parenting time may be exercised by the consent of the parties, to establish procedures and parenting time credit, and to provide that the court may consider whether a parent has consistently exercised time sharing when considering a child support modification; amends KRS 403.090, 403.212, 403.740, 405.430, and 406.025 to conform; amends KRS 403.211 to establish which parent owes the initial $250 in medical expenses; and repeals KRS 403.2121.