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Hardin County attorney reports rise in abuse-and-neglect filings, expands family recovery court and treatment services
Summary
County Attorney Jenny Oldham outlined 2024 caseloads, said the office expanded its family recovery court with $60,000 per year funding, described a shift of child-support services to the attorney general’s office and noted increased truancy workload under House Bill 611.
Jenny Oldham, Hardin County attorney, delivered a detailed annual report to the fiscal court on April 8, summarizing 2024 caseloads, staffing changes and new treatment-focused programs.
Oldham said her office handled 276 abuse-and-neglect family cases in 2024 (each case averages two children), and noted that COVID-era reporting changes masked earlier detection of abuse. She said delinquent school attendance will add workload under House Bill 611, which requires pupil personnel directors to confer with county attorneys when a child misses more than 15 days.
Oldham reviewed several operational items: the office’s child-support division currently has “a little over 4,000 open cases,” she said, and the child-support contract will move from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the attorney general’s office on July 1. She…
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