Legal Opinion

J.L.C. v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 1, 2016No. 2015-CA-000320-ME; NO. 2015-CA-000463-ME; AND NO. 2015-CA-000756-MEPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KRAMER, JUDGE:

J.L.C., A.M.V., and V.B., all children under eighteen years of age, appeal the Shelby Family Court’s final dispositions in their cases wherein they were found to be status offenders (ie., habitual truants). After a careful review of the records, we vacate the family court’s orders adjudging them to be habitual truants because the family court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the three juveniles’ cases.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. V.B., APPEAL NUMBER 2015-CA-000756-ME

A complaint was filed against V.B., a sixteen-year-old female child, alleging that *521sh…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. T.D. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2005
  3. N.K. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2010
  4. S.B. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2013

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