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Effective: 7/1/2015

9.4 Runaways from Out of State

Legal Authority

Introduction

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Practice Guidance

  • The SSW may assist the court with locating a non-secure placement for the child until the home state is able to arrange return of the child. 
  • Issues related to reimbursement for placement are referred to the ICJ office. 
  • An extradition hearing is held in Juvenile Court before a child is returned to the child’s home state.

Procedure

The SSW:
  1. Notifies the Interstate Compact on Juveniles office at 502-573-2738 within twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, in the event that a child fr​om another state is picked up as a runaway; 
  2. Refers the report to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles office if notification is received that a runaway child from Kentucky has been picked up in another state; 
  3.  Assists the court (if court ordered) with locating a non-secure placement for the child until the home state is able to arrange return of the child.


Documents

Revisions