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Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated26th Judicial District - Harlan District Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
26th Judicial District - Harlan District Court
KY RHLND Rule 2
Rule 2 Court scheduling / motion hour / procedures for filing
201 Regular Motion Hour Schedule
A. Criminal arraignments shall be heard each Monday at 9:00 AM.
B. Criminal motion hour, preliminary hearings and pretrial conferences shall be heard each Monday at 1:00 PM. All said motions shall be filed with the Harlan Circuit Court Clerk's office no later than 4 PM on the Thursday before the next said motion Hour. Pretrial conferences may also be heard on Tuesdays at 9:00 AM as scheduled by the Court.
C. Juvenile Dependency Neglect and Abuse, Status Offense and Public Offense matters shall be heard each Wednesday at 9:00 AM. Temporary Removal Hearings as a result of the issuance of an Emergency Custody Order shall be heard within 72 hours of issuances of the emergency order, exclusive of holidays and weekends.
D. Paternity and Child Support matters shall be heard on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 1:30 PM.
E. Bad Check Docket shall be heard on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1 PM.
F. Domestic Violence matters shall be heard each Thursday at 8:30 AM.
G. Small Claims matters shall be heard each Thursday at 10:00 AM.
H. Probate matters shall be heard each Thursday at 1:00 PM. All probate motions shall be filed with the Harlan Circuit Court Clerk's office no later than 4 PM on the Tuesday before the next Probate Motion Hour.
I. Civil motions and Evictions shall be heard each Thursday at 1:30 PM. All said civil motions shall be filed with the Harlan Circuit Court Clerk's office no later than 4 PM on the Tuesday before said Motion Hour.
J. Show cause and contempt hearings for all fine collection matters shall be heard on the 1st Friday of each month at 1:30 PM.
202 Exceptions to Regular Motion Hour Schedule
Exceptions to the regular motion hour schedule shall be at the discretion of the District Judge.
203 Deadline for Filing Motions
Deadlines for filing motions are indicated in HDPR 201 above.

Credits

HISTORY: Adopted effective July 25, 2012.
Harlan Circuit Court Rule 2, KY R HARLAN DIST CT Rule 2
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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