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Welcome to the Kentucky Laws section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Kentucky laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Kentucky's official online statutes. Please select a topic from the list below to get started.

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  • Kentucky Abortion Laws
    Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors.

    Laws and regulations affecting Kentucky women's access to abortion, including licensing requirements of doctors, parental consent requirements for minors, waiting periods, and other statutory restrictions.

  • Kentucky Accident and Injury Laws

    Accidents and injuries are a part of life, but they can set us back financially and in other ways. Injury law makes up a significant portion of all civil claims and includes everything from slip and fall injuries to wrongful death lawsuits. Laws affe...

  • Kentucky Adoption Laws
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    General overview of Kentucky statutes pertaining to adoption and foster parenting, such as the requirements for adoptive parents, home residency, the age at which a child must consent, and more.

  • Kentucky Adverse Possession Law
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    How continuous trespassers ("squatters") or rightful property owners without documentation may claim legal title to a property in certain circumstances under Kentucky adverse possession law.

  • Kentucky Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
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    An annulment is different from a divorce because with an annulment , it’s like the marriage didn’t happen at all. The parties to an annulment get a “do over.” However, you only have a certain period of time to ask for an annulment. In comparison, a p...

  • Kentucky Antitrust Law
    Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors.

    Summary of Kentucky antitrust law, which ensures a more level playing field among businesses by preventing mergers or other tactics for the sole purpose of squashing the competition.

  • Kentucky

    A combination of federal and state laws regulate businesses of all kinds and sizes, including rules for financial reporting, consumer protection measures, and environmental regulations. Antitrust laws, enforced primarily at the federal level, are int...

  • Kentucky Capital Punishment Law
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    The basics of capital punishment (death penalty) law in Kentucky, including which types of crimes are punishable by death, the effect of a convict's mental capacity, and more.

  • Kentucky Child Abuse Laws
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    Details about Kentucky laws with respect to child abuse, which is prosecuted as a crime but also involves certain family law-related rules and procedures, such as mandatory reporting requirements.

  • Kentucky
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    When parents split up, the family court often has to help determine child custody issues. If parents are unable to reach an agreement on their own, the court decides who the child or children will live with, who gets to make the major life decisions ...

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