Former KY governor’s child support case spawns bill from GOP lawmakers who worked for him

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 676

Last Updated: 2 days, 13 hours ago

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Three Republican lawmakers have filed a bill that would bar children from intervening in a parent’s divorce case and limit their ability to obtain child support.

House Bill 707 comes amid an acrimonious legal dispute between former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and his estranged son, Jonah Bevin, who alleges his adoptive parents, Matt and Glenna Bevin, abandoned him at age 17 in a brutally abusive youth facility in Jamaica with no resources or high …

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