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KRS 201.090

Children that board may have committed

Effective: June 21, 1974 History: Amended 1974 Ky

The board may file a petition and proceed as provided in KRS 201.100, whenever it has probable cause to believe that any child under eighteen (18) years of age:

(1) Is abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated by its parents;

(2) Is habitually sent out or permitted to beg in public places or lives by begging;

(3) Associates with persons who tend to corrupt and contaminate him or her;

(4) Is known to be vicious or incorrigible; or (5) Has parents who are in constant habits of drunkenness or gross debauchery or who are living together in unlawful cohabitation.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.