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I found this for you.Adoption Law in KentuckyConsent or termination of parental rights is the avenue by which a family is able to adopt a child in or from Kentucky. These mechanisms put the adoptive parent(s) in the position of being able to file an adoption petition.Consent:The use of consent in Kentucky is limited to independent adoptions - one in which the adoptive parent(s) locate the birth parent(s). The consent is the birth parent’s legal mechanism to tell the adoption court that they have consented to the adoptive parent(s) adopting the child. Once the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children has approved the placement and issued a letter of approval, there is a 20-day revocation period during which the birth parent(s) may revoke the placement decision. An adoption petition may be filed prior to the end of the 20-day revocation period or at the end of the period.After the consent is signed, the adoptive parent(s) may still refuse to adopt the child and thus could re-instate the birth parent’s rights. However, as long as it is the adoptive parent(s) desire to adopt the child, the birth parent(s) cannot revoke the consent to the adoption of the child, after a specified time.The problem with the use of consent is that the birth parent(s) can revoke the document for no reason whatsoever within a specified time, and the baby must be immediately be returned to them.Termination:While consent is available and in certain circumstances preferable, it is not used in agency adoptions. When the agency assists the birth parent(s), there is a judicial termination of parental rights. An agency case requires a termination of parental rights hearing before a judge. A petition may be filed 72 hours after the birth and is heard by the court as soon as practicable (in no event more than 33 days after the birth). Assuming that both birth parents are before the judge, the judge may terminate the rights of both, and the termination order is a final and unappealable order.Should the birth father be known but unnamed, the judge will terminate only the birth mothers’ rights or, if the birth mother prefers, the hearing will be held, but no order entered until such time as the rights of the unidentified birth father have expired, 60 days after the birth. This allows the birth mother to begin to process her grief, but retain her rights for those 60 days until the birth fathers rights expire.Should the birth father be unknown, most courts do not terminate his rights, but the legal effect of the adoption is to terminate all outstanding rights.