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Generally, a child in need of care is a person less than 18 years of age who is without adequate parental care; or who has been physically, mentally, or emotionally abused or neglected; or who has been abandoned; or who is not attending school as required; or who is a run-away from home or court-ordered placement.

Child in Need of Care (CINC) is a legal term used in reference to a minor under 18-years-old who has been deemed as facing imminent harm while in the care of his or her parents, or similar parental figure, based on the judge's discretion with respect to the governing law.

Children who are in need of care and protection: Children without any homes or settled place or mentally, physically challenged children or children who are suffering from incurable disease and they have no one to look after, children whose parents are unfit, abandoned, missing, run away or children who are vulnerable ...

A child in need of protection is a child that a Children's Aid Society (CAS) thinks has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed because of something that their parent or caregiver has done or not done. Harm includes situations where a child is being abused or neglected.

The Three R's of Personal Safety and Protection: Recognize situations that place you at risk of being situations that place you at risk of being molested, how child molesters operate, and that anyone could be a molester. Resist unwanted and inappropriate attention. Resistance will stop most attempts at molestation.

Definitions. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children means: Protecting children from maltreatment. Preventing impairment of children's health or development. Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and.

Child protection is the protection of children from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. ... the set of laws, policies, regulations and services needed across all social sectors especially social welfare, education, health, security and justice to support prevention and response to protection-related risks.

Generally, however, judges will always hear from children aged 12 and older. For younger children, courts may speak with children to determine their maturity before factoring the child's preference into the custody decision.

In some states, children have the right to choose which parent to live with once they have reached a certain age. While child custody laws in Kansas do allow courts to take a child's wishes into account, the judicial standard dictating child custody decisions is the best interest of the child.

A judge might not honor a 14-year-old's wishes, but will almost always accommodate a 17-year-old. An 18-year-old can usually make her own decision without court approval, even if she is still in high school, if her state's age of majority is 18.

Generally, however, it's incumbent upon the judge to decide whether a child is mature enough to have a reasonable opinion. A precocious 10-year-old might be permitted to voice her preference, while a learning-disabled 14-year-old might not be.

Kansas courts prefer to award joint legal custody to both parents, unless it is in the best interests of the child to award sole legal custody to only one parent. In Kansas, a judge, not a jury, decides how to divide legal custody and residency of the child based on what is in the best interests of the child.

Child protective custody is used in the context of family law when authorities believe a child's health or welfare is in danger. A social worker or police officer can place a child into protective custody if he or she believes immediate action is needed to protect a child from abuse or neglect.

Protective custody is a type of imprisonment (or care) to protect a person from harm, either from outside sources or other prisoners. Many administrators believe the level of violence, or the underlying threat of violence within prisons, is a chief factor causing the need for PC units.

Although a person taken into protective custody is not charged with a crime or placed under arrest (and will not have a criminal record), in many states a police officer can still insist that an intoxicated person accompany the officer to jail or for medical treatment.