Jurisdiction of court
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Ritchie v. Turner (2018)
Most recently applied in Ritchie v. Turner (November 2018)
Effective: March 26, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in proceedings concerning any child living, or found within the district, who allegedly:
(1) Has been an habitual runaway from his parent or person exercising custodial control or supervision of the child;
(2) Is beyond the control of the school or beyond the control of parents as defined in KRS 600.020;
(3) Has been an habitual truant from school; or (4) Has committed an alcohol offense under KRS 244.085.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.