2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 635 - PUBLIC OFFENDERS
.055 Detention of child found in contempt of court.

Download as PDF 635.055 Detention of child found in contempt of court. No child who is found to be in contempt of court shall be committed as a public offender as a result of such finding, nor detained because of such finding in a facility other than a secure juvenile detention facility, youth alternative center, an alternative to detention program approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a nonsecure detention alternative. An order of detention for a child found in contempt shall not exceed thirty (30) days. Effective: July 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 46, effective July 1, 2015. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 15, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 534. sec. 13, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 538, sec. 10, effective April 13, 1998. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 97, effective April 10, 1988.