KY Supreme Court, Attorney General now involved in child custody case

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 1,091

Last Updated: 3 days, 22 hours ago


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Both the state Supreme Court and a state Appeals Court judge have now rejected emergency efforts to block the reunification of a one-year-old girl in foster care with her mother who is scheduled to be deported to Guatemala and currently is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement.

In a series of rulings late last week, the state Supreme Court weighed in after Judge Sara Walter Combs, with the Kentucky Court of Appeals, turned down …

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