Ky. Rev. Stat. § 201.090 (2026)
Children that board may have committed
The board may file a petition and proceed as provided in KRS 201.100, whenever it has probable cause to believe that any child under eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) Is abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated by its parents;
(2) Is habitually sent out or permitted to beg in public places or lives by begging;
(3) Associates with persons who tend to corrupt and contaminate him or her;
(4) Is known to be vicious or incorrigible; or
(5) Has parents who are in constant habits of drunkenness or gross debauchery or who are living together in unlawful cohabitation. Effective: June 21, 1974 History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 41, effective June 21, 1974. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 6, effective June 18, 1964. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 938b-9.