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Rule 3 Organization of Pike Circuit Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated35th Judicial Circuit - Pike Circuit Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
35th Judicial Circuit - Pike Circuit Court
Civil Rules of the Pike Circuit Court
KY RPCC Rule 3
Rule 3 Organization of Pike Circuit Court
A) The Pike Circuit Court shall be composed of Division # 1 and Division # 11 and each division shall have jurisdiction of both criminal and civil cases.
B) Each Judge of a Division may preside and hear and determine any case or question in the other Division when requested to do so by the Judge of the other Division, or when the Judge of that Division is not available.
C) After an action has been assigned to a Division, the Judge thereof, upon agreement of the Judge of the other Division, may for any reason transfer it to the other Division. Upon such transfer being made, the Clerk will made a proper endorsement upon the docket sheet and the record.
D) When two or more actions have been filed that may, as a matter of right, or may, in the discretion of the Court be consolidated and such actions are pending in different Divisions of the Court, any party to any of the actions, with approval of the Court, may have any of the actions transferred to that Division of the Court in which the first of the actions was filed. The Judge of the Court may order such transfers to be made without a motion by any of the parties.

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HISTORY: Amended effective January 13, 2004.
Pike Circuit Court Rule 3, KY R PIKE CIR CT Rule 3
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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