KRS 630.010: Purposes of chapter regarding status offenders.

In addition to those purposes set forth in KRS 600.010, this chapter shall be interpreted

and construed to effectuate the following purposes regarding status offenders:

(1) The Commonwealth's courts shall utilize a separate and distinct set of guidelines for

status offenders which reflect their individual needs;

(2) It shall be declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth that all its efforts and

resources be directed at involving the child and the family in remedying the

problem for which they have been referred;

(3) A status offender accused of or adjudicated for the violation of a valid court order

may be securely detained in accordance with KRS 630.095 for up to forty -eight

(48) hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, pending receipt of the written

report required under KRS 630.080(4). Any period of secure detention prior to the

detention hearing shall not exceed twenty -four (24) hours, exclusive of weekends

and holidays;

(4) Status offenders accused of violating a valid court order shall not be secu rely

detained in intermittent holding facilities; and

(5) Status offenders accused of or found guilty of violating a valid court order shall not

be converted into public offenders by virtue of this conduct.