KY SB89

Circuit Courts may grant reasonable visitation rights to paternal or maternal grandparents when determined to be in the child's best interests, with courts required to consider factors including existing grandparent-child relationships, the child's preferences, mental and physical health of all parties, and any history of abuse or domestic violence

When a parent who is the grandparent's son or daughter is deceased, a rebuttable presumption exists that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interests if the grandparent proves a pre-existing significant relationship (child resided with grandparent for 6+ consecutive months, grandparent served as regular caregiver for 6+ months, or grandparent had frequent contact for 12+ consecutive months)

Grandparent visitation rights remain intact even after termination of parental rights of the grandparent's son or daughter, unless the court finds it in the child's best interests to modify

Grandparents may receive noncustodial parental visitation rights if their deceased son or daughter was the child's parent and the grandparent has assumed the deceased parent's child support obligation

When a grandparent receives custody of a child in dependency, neglect, or abuse cases, courts must consider granting reasonable visitation rights to other grandparents of the child