2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 600 - INTRODUCTORY MATTERS 600.050 Designation and documentation of commitment of children needing protection or needing extraordinary services.
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600.050 Designation and documentation of commitment of children needing
protection or needing extraordinary services.
(1)
(2)
For the purposes of this section:
(a) A child is deemed to need extraordinary services if the child is mentally or
emotionally ill or has symptoms of mental or emotional illness and
requires medical attention, and the child's parent, guardian, or other
person exercising custodial control or supervision over the child is unable
to provide for the required treatment, care, or supervision of the child,
and:
1.
The inability is due primarily to the lack of financial means of the
child's parent, guardian, or other person exercising custodial control
or supervision unless assistance has been offered and rejected;
2.
The child's parent, guardian, or other person exercising custodial
control or supervision has made a reasonable effort under the
circumstances to meet the needs of the child;
3.
The inability is not due to a willful act of commission or act of
omission by the child's parent, guardian, or other person exercising
custodial control or supervision; and
4.
Commitment is not opposed by the parent, guardian, or other
person exercising custodial control or supervision; and
(b) A child is deemed to need protection if the court determines the child is a
dependent, abused, or neglected child and the needs of the child do not
meet the definition of a child in need of extraordinary services.
For children committed under KRS 620.140 after July 15, 1998, the court shall
designate in the court order of commitment and the cabinet shall document in
the official case file records showing whether the commitment is due to the
child needing protection or the child needing extraordinary services.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 398, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
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