201.110 Duration of commitment -- Discharge -- Parole. - Kentucky Statutes

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201.110 Duration of commitment -- Discharge -- Parole. (1) All children received into the home's care by commitment of any court or officer having jurisdiction shall remain under the home's care for the period of their
commitment, not to exceed their minority, unless sooner paroled or discharged. (2) The board may discharge any child received under KRS 201.080(1) at any time it deems it for the best interest of the child or the other children under the home's care,
or for the best interests of the home. The discharge may be absolute, conditional,
temporary or on parole, in the discretion of the board. Before discharge notice must
be given to the committing court and to such other parties as required in KRS
Chapter 208. (3) The board shall discharge any child accepted for care under KRS 201.080(2) on written request of the parent, or other party as specified in said section, making the
application for care, within five (5) calendar days, unless during said period the
board shall have filed a petition for commitment under KRS 201.100 or KRS
Chapter 620, 630, or 645 and such commitment, or a temporary order of custody
under KRS Chapter 620, 630, or 645, shall have been ordered by the court. (4) The board may discharge any child accepted for care under KRS 201.080(2) at any time it deems it for the best interest of the child or the other children under the
home's care or for the best interests of the home. Before discharge notice must be
given to the committing court or board. Effective: July 1, 1987
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 191, effective July 1, 1987. --Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 181, effective January 2, 1978. --
Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 8, effective June 18, 1964. -- Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 938b-9. Note: This section was amended by 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 280, sec. 149, which was to have become effective July 1, 1982. Thereafter, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 284 changed the
effective date of that act to July 15, 1984. Then, 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 184 repealed both
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 280, and 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 284.