KRS 610.015: Procedure when child tried as an adult -- Matters to be tried by Circuit

Court -- Release of records.

(1) A child who is charged with an offense which classifies him for trial as an adult in

the Circuit Court or the adult session of the District Court shall, at the time the

decision is made by the court to try the child as an adult, be subject to the arrest,

post-arrest, and criminal procedures that apply to an adult, except for the place of

confinement, as provided in the Kentucky Revised Statutes and the Rules of

Criminal Procedure.

(2) The Circuit Court shall try all misdemeanor, violation, traffic offense, and status

offense matters included in or which arise from the act or series of acts which result

in the trial of a child as an adult in the Circuit Court.

(3) Records, limited to the records of the present case in which the child has been

charged, relating to a child charged under this section shall not be made public until

after the child has been indicted and arraigned on the offense for trial o f the child as

an adult. Release of the child's treatment, medical, mental, or psychological records

is prohibited unless presented as evidence in Circuit Court. Release of any records

resulting from the child's prior abuse and neglect under Title IV -E or Title IV-B of

the Federal Social Security Act is also prohibited.

(4) This section shall not be construed as permitting the release of the child's treatment,

medical, mental, or psychological records unless those records are presented as

evidence in open c ourt. The release of information relative to the child's eligibility

for services under Title IV -E or IV -B of the Federal Social Security Act is

prohibited.