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Child Custody Attorneys in Kentucky
Find Kentucky family law attorneys who handle child custody, paternity, and visitation cases. Choose your city to see who is listed near you.
Find a Kentucky Attorney by City
Custody laws vary from state to state, and courts vary from county to county. We recommend finding not only a Kentucky attorney, but an experienced one in the city and county where your case will be heard.
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Don’t see your city? We are adding Kentucky attorneys city by city. If you practice family law in Kentucky, you can be the first listed in your city.
How Kentucky Handles Child Custody
In Kentucky, custody cases are heard in circuit court, or in the family court division where a county has one, and judges decide custody based on the best interests of the child.
Kentucky law starts from a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time are in the child’s best interest. A parent can overcome that presumption with evidence, and a judge who orders something other than equal time must set a schedule that maximizes each parent’s time while protecting the child. The presumption does not apply to a parent who has a domestic violence order entered against them.
Unmarried fathers: paternity must be legally established, through a signed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or a court order, before a Kentucky father can ask the court for custody or parenting time. Without a court order, the mother is generally treated as the child’s legal custodian.
A Kentucky family law attorney can explain how these rules apply to your situation and what to expect in your county’s court.
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Disclosure: Attorney listings in this directory may be paid advertisements. A listing is not an endorsement or a guarantee of any result. Please verify each attorney’s qualifications with the Kentucky Bar Association and decide for yourself whether they are right for your case. Daddy Got Custody does not provide legal advice, and nothing on this site creates an attorney–client relationship.