Rule JCRPP 1 - Title and ScopeA. These rules shall be known as the Juvenile Court Rules of Procedure and Practice and shall apply in family and district court. They may be cited as "JCRPP."B. The JCRPP specifically apply to KRS Chapter 630 on Status Offenders; KRS Chapter 635 on Public Offenders; KRS Chapter 640 on Youthful Offenders; and the introductory, administrative and procedural matters contained in KRS Chapters 600, 605 and 610.
C. The Rules of Criminal Procedure shall apply to these juvenile matters as indicated in KRS 610.080(2).D. All juvenile cases shall be decided on a case-by-case basis and no local rules, or other orders of the court or local policies may supersede or controvert the JCRPP.E. The commentary that accompanies the JCRPP is to provide guidance regarding the purpose, meaning and proper application of the rules. Commentary neither adds nor subtracts from the language of the JCRPP.Ky. Prov. Juv. Ct. R. P. & Prac. JCRPP 1
Added by Order 2015-15, eff. 7/1/2015; amended by effective 10/1/2016; amended by Order 2019-15, eff. 2/1/2020.