KRS 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 debauche ry or who

are living together in unlawful cohabitation.