Home Table of Contents

Rule 4 Motion days and motion practice

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated55th Judicial District - Bullitt District Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
55th Judicial District - Bullitt District Court
KY RBDC Rule 4
Rule 4 Motion days and motion practice
Currentness
(The following applies to all motions in either civil or criminal matters, except those permitted by law to be heard ex-parte.)
(a) Motion hour for civil matters shall be held each Friday morning at 11:15 a.m.
(b) Motion hour for criminal matters shall be held each Monday in Division I at 1:30 p.m. and on Friday at 9:30 a.m., and each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in Division II at 9:30 a.m., or as otherwise set by the Court upon proper motion.
(c) The Clerk shall keep a motion docket in which there shall be docketed in the order filed all motions filed with the Clerk not later than 48 hours preceding the next civil or criminal motion day. Motions not meeting requirements will be sent back, with the exception of bond motions. As a general guideline, the court may establish a schedule for the court docket as follows:
MONDAYS:
1:30 p.m.
Arraignments and Motions--Division I;
Division II, 2nd, 4th Mondays
2:15 p.m.
Probate, Division I
2:30 p.m.
Hearings set by the Court only
6:30 p.m.
Division I, 1st, 3rd, 5th Mondays-Night Court
TUESDAYS:
9:30 a.m.
Arraignments and Motions--Division II
10:00 a.m.
Trials set by the Court only, including jury
Trials in Division I
10:15 a.m.
Probate
1:30 p.m.
Trials set by the Court only.
WEDNESDAYS:
9:30 a.m.
Arraignments and Motions--Division II
9:30 a.m.
Jury Trials or other hearings set
by the Courts only.
10:15 a.m.
Probate
THURSDAYS:
9:30 a.m.
Arraignments and Motions--Division II
10:00 a.m.
Juvenile, Trials set by the Court
only.
10:15 a.m.
Probate
10:30 a.m.
Child Support Court--Division I
11:00 a.m.
Trials set by the Court only.
1:30 p.m.
Pre-Trials and Trials, Division I
2:30 p.m.
Preliminary Hearings
FRIDAYS:
9:30 a.m.
Arraignments and Motions--Division I
10:00 a.m.
Show Cause,
Division I--2nd, 4th Fridays
Division II--1st, 3rd, 5th Fridays
10:15 a.m.
Probate
11:00 a.m.
Trials/Jury Trials set by the Court only.
11:15 a.m.
Civil Docket
(d) If a party is properly noticed for a motion, and is absent from the hearing of the motion without just cause, the Court may rule on such motion in the absence of the party.

Credits

HISTORY: Amended effective April 1, 2015. Prior amendments effective November 6, 2009; May 9, 1996.
Bullitt District Court Rule 4, KY R BULLITT DIST CT Rule 4
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document