{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-625.025","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 625.025","heading":"Extension of wardship to age twenty-one.","body":"In the case of a child who has become a ward of the Cabinet for Health and Family\nServices as a result of a termination of parental rights judgment entered against the child's\nparents, and who remains a ward of the cabinet upon attainment of his or her eig hteenth\nbirthday, the cabinet, in its discretion, upon request of the ward, may extend its wardship\nto age twenty -one (21) for the purpose of the child's participating in state or federal\neducational programs or to assist the child in establishing independ ent living\narrangements.","path":["KRS Chapter 625"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20242","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:08Z","sha256":"908311175b124fb1ed1a07eabab0958ad4877584395bbce4ef9e457475146683","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-625.020","next":"us-ky/krs-625.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}