And a little child shall lead them.
-- Isaiah 11:6
Child/Adult Abuse Hotline
1-800-752-6200
Louisville/Jefferson County
(502) 564-2136
Kentucky State Sex Offender Registery
Certain fundamental rights which must be protected and preserved, including but not limited to, the rights to adequate food, clothing and shelter; the right to be free from physical, sexual or emotional injury or exploitation; the right to develop physically, mentally, and emotionally to their potential; the right to educational instruction and the right to a secure, stable family. KRS 620.010.
Definition of “abused or neglected child” as one whose health or welfare is harmed or threatened with harm when his parent, guardian, or other person exercising custodial control or supervision of the child:
(1) inflicts or allows to be inflicted upon the child physical or emotional injury by other than accidental means;
(2) creates or allows to be created a risk of physical or emotional injury to the child by other than accidental means;
(3) engages in a pattern of conduct that renders the parent incapable of caring for the immediate and ongoing needs of the child including, but not limited to, parental incapacity due to alcohol and drug abuse;
(4) continuously or repeatedly fails or refuses to provide essential parental care and protection for the child, considering the age of the child;
(5) commits or allows to be committed an act of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or prostitution upon the child;
(6) abandons or exploits such child;
(7) does not provide the child with adequate care, supervision, food, clothing, shelter, and education or medical care necessary for the child’s well-being; or
(8) fails to make sufficient progress toward identified goals as set forth in the court-approved case plan to allow for the safe return of the child to the parent that results in the child remaining in foster care for fifteen (15) of the most recent twenty-two (22) months.
KRS 600.020(1).