Ky. Rev. Stat. § 201.090

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225

Section 201.090 - Children that board may have committed

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.

KRS 201.090

Effective:6/21/1974
Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 41, effective6/21/1974. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 6, effective 6/18/1964. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 938b-9.