Rule 2.01 Court calendar
Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated4th Judicial Circuit - Hopkins Family Court
KY RHOPF Rule 2.01
Rule 2.01 Court calendar
The following is a general schedule for matters routinely before the Hopkins Family Court. This schedule is subject to review and revision and may be modified by the Family Court Judge to accommodate holidays, weather conditions, circumstances of the parties, or other schedules, as the Judge deems necessary to efficiently and effectively accomplish the business of the Court.
Calendars of holidays, motion hours, make-up days, and other pertinent dates will be distributed to the local bar each month and will be provided to the Hopkins Circuit Clerk, Family Division for posting. The Court will not be in session on the dates designated as Kentucky Court of Justice Holidays. Specific dates are available on the COJ website (www.kvcourts.net) and will be included in the monthly calendar provided by the Court. A calendar may be obtained during normal business hours by contacting the offices of the Family Court Judge.
Actions or issues requiring a final evidentiary hearing before the Court (e.g. contested dissolution of marriage cases, child custody determinations including findings regarding de facto custodians, voluntary and involuntary termination of parental rights, adoptions, etc.) must be scheduled for a time and date certain as outlined in subsequent sections of these rules.
Subject to necessary modification as previously noted, the Hopkins Family Court shall be in session pursuant to the following schedule:
*First and Third Mondays of Each Month:
9:00 a.m., CST--Domestic Violence Actions
10:30 a.m., CST--Domestic Motion Hour
(Motions for Contempt, to Compel, to Set a Date, to Require Custodial Evaluation, to Require Accounting, to Adopt Agreement, to Enter Interlocutory Decree, to Set a Hearing Date, Etc.)
*Second and Fourth Mondays of Each Month:
Matters scheduled for specific times by Order of the Court (e.g. Final evidentiary hearings; truancy court at high schools; adoptions; TRO hearings; Ex parte hearings; cases requiring emergency actions, etc.).
*Tuesdays of Each Month:
9:00 a.m., CST-- General Juvenile Docket:
Dependency, Neglect, Abuse Cases
Status Offenses
Juvenile Contempt, Detention, and TRO Hearings
*First and Third Wednesdays of Each Month:
Matters scheduled for specific times by Order of the Court (e.g. Final evidentiary hearings; truancy court at high schools; adoptions; TRO hearings; Ex parte hearings; cases requiring emergency actions, etc.).
*Second and Fourth Wednesdays of Each Month:
9:00 a.m., CST--Pendente Lite Hearings
*Thursdays of Each Month:
9:00 a.m., CST--Child Support and Paternity Matters brought by or involving the Hopkins County Child Support Unit.
*Fridays of Each Month:
Matters scheduled for specific times by Order of the Court (e.g. Final evidentiary hearings; adoptions; TRO hearings; Ex parte hearings; cases requiring emergency actions, etc.).
Credits
HISTORY: Adopted effective April 5, 2012.
Hopkins Family Court Rule 2.01, KY R HOPKINS FAM CT Rule 2.01
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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