§ 38-501 Establishment by county commissioners; petition; election
§ 38-502 Management; purpose
§ 38-503 Same; record; monthly report
§ 38-504 Same; support and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; salary of matron or superintendent
§ 38-505 Establishment by county commissioners or upon petition of electors
§ 38-506 Admission of children
§ 38-507 Purchase of buildings; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 38-508 Same; management; advisory board; appointment; terms
§ 38-509 Supervision
§ 38-510 Salaries and expenses
§ 38-511 Land and buildings for farm
§ 38-512 Petition; election; separate election for establishment of farm for girls
§ 38-513 Purchase of juvenile farms; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 38-514 Same; commitments to farm
§ 38-515 Detention homes and juvenile farms for girls; person in charge and advisory board; appointment, term, compensation
§ 38-523 Farm or home; election; petition; bonds or tax levy
§ 38-524 Same; donations; regulations
§ 38-525 Same; commitments to home
§ 38-526 Same; management; advisory board; compensation; salary of person in charge, how paid
§ 38-528 Homes for children under 18; petition; election; lease of building; control of home
§ 38-529 Same; agreement for joint action by county commissioners; resolution; specifications for agreement; approval by attorney general
§ 38-530 Same; filing of agreement with registers of deeds and secretary of state
§ 38-531 Same; management; purpose
§ 38-532 Same; duties of matron or superintendent; records and reports
§ 38-533 Same; maintenance and improvement; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 38-534 Same; issuance of bonds in counties party to undertaking, when; election provisions
§ 38-535 Same; disposition of taxes collected and proceeds of bonds issued
§ 38-536 Care for children under 18 in custody of district court
§ 38-537 Maintenance and support; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 38-538 Superintendent or director; board of directors; appointment; terms; duties
§ 38-539 Bequests and donations
§ 38-540 Commitment to home by district court
§ 38-541 Youth camps for children under 18; board of directors
§ 38-542 Agreements for establishment; contents; conditions
§ 38-543 Agreements to be filed
§ 38-544 Management; purpose
§ 38-545 Same; records and reports of superintendent
§ 38-546 Same; maintenance and improvement; tax levy, use of proceeds; publication of resolution; protest petition and election
§ 38-547 Bond issues; protest petitions for election; limitations upon issuance
§ 38-548 Same; proceeds of tax levy into special fund
§ 38-549 No-fund warrants
§ 38-550 Contracts for care of youths; expense determination and payment
§ 38-553 Definitions
§ 38-554 Youth residential and detention facilities in Sedgwick county; administration and control; budget; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 38-555 Public youth residential facilities in Johnson county; staff requirements; budget; tax levy, use of proceeds
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 38 > Article 5 - Detention and Parental Homes or Farms

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Undertaking: means a promise or security in any form where required by law. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Youth: means child adjudicated to be a delinquent child, miscreant child, wayward child, traffic offender, truant, deprived child, child in need of care or juvenile offender. See Kansas Statutes 38-553