Kentucky Revised Statutes Title LI. Unified Juvenile Code § 630.010.Purposes of chapter regarding status offenders

(1) The Commonwealth's courts shall utilize a separate and distinct set of guidelines for status offenders which reflect their individual needs;

(2) It shall be declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth that all its efforts and resources be directed at involving the child and the family in remedying the problem for which they have been referred;

(3) Status offenders shall not be detained in secure juvenile detention facilities or juvenile holding facilities after the initial detention hearing unless the child is accused of, or has an adjudication that the child has violated a valid court order, in which case the child may be securely detained for up to forty-eight (48) hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, pending receipt of the written report required under KRS 630.080(4). Any period of secure detention prior to the detention hearing shall not exceed twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays;

(4) Status offenders accused of violating a valid court order shall not be securely detained in intermittent holding facilities; and

(5) Status offenders accused of or found guilty of violating a valid court order shall not be converted into public offenders by virtue of this conduct.