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Rule 36 Domestic relations commissioner's fees

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated16th/17th Judicial Circuit/District - Boone, Campbell, Gallatin and Kenton Circuit and District Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
16th/17th Judicial Circuit/District - Boone, Campbell, Gallatin and Kenton Circuit and District Court
General Rules for Domestic Relations Practice
KY ULCR Rule 36
Rule 36 Domestic relations commissioner's fees
The Domestic Relations Commissioners and Master Commissioners fee are set by the Administrative Procedures of the Court of Justice, Part IV, Section 4. Local Fees conform to the current schedule and are as follows:
For any hearing the commissioner shall receive a fee of $40 per hour, assessed at a rate of $10.00 for each quarter hour or part thereof. Such fees shall be paid through the office of circuit court clerk to the commissioner and shall be due on the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing. No more than $600 shall be assessed in any case regardless of the number and length of hearings unless recommended by the circuit judge and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown. If a case is reopened additional fees totaling not more than $200 may be assessed. No more than $15 shall be assessed in any uncontested divorce.
There is no fee for motions to set contested hearings or to withdraw as attorney of record.
The commissioner shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for collecting any unpaid fees relating to hearings before the commissioner.

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HISTORY: Amended effective November 20, 1997; adopted effective January 1, 1995.
Boone, Campbell, Gallatin and Kenton Counties, General Civil Rule 36, KY R BOONE CAMPBELL GALLATIN KENTON GEN CIV Rule 36
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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