{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-630.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 630.010","heading":"Purposes of chapter regarding status offenders.","body":"In addition to those purposes set forth in KRS 600.010, this chapter shall be interpreted\nand construed to effectuate the following purposes regarding status offenders:\n(1) The Commonwealth's courts shall utilize a separate and distinct set of guidelines for\nstatus offenders which reflect their individual needs;\n(2) It shall be declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth that all its efforts and\nresources be directed at involving the child and the family in remedying the\nproblem for which they have been referred;\n(3) A status offender accused of or adjudicated for the violation of a valid court order\nmay be securely detained in accordance with KRS 630.095 for up to forty -eight\n(48) hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, pending receipt of the written\nreport required under KRS 630.080(4). Any period of secure detention prior to the\ndetention hearing shall not exceed twenty -four (24) hours, exclusive of weekends\nand holidays;\n(4) Status offenders accused of violating a valid court order shall not be secu rely\ndetained in intermittent holding facilities; and\n(5) Status offenders accused of or found guilty of violating a valid court order shall not\nbe converted into public offenders by virtue of this conduct.","path":["KRS Chapter 630"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57493","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:09Z","sha256":"316e801523ce589d5a65bad4080cdd05e1a22c3037faa235e40f77ac7b07c2c9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-63.990","next":"us-ky/krs-630.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}