Commonwealth, Cabinet for Health & Family Services v. Byer

OPINION

MINTON, Judge.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (“the Cabinet”) appeals an order of the Jefferson Family Court that required it to pay the court-appointed expert’s fees in a dependency action in which custody *248became a contested issue. We hold that the family court abused its discretion when it appointed the expert -without first adopting the show cause procedure required by KRE 1 706. Therefore, we reverse the family court’s order.

The Cabinet filed a dependency action alleging that D.A., a minor child, was an abused or neglected child within the meaning of KRS2 600.020(1).…