Judge Mica Wood Pence

Applies to

Petition for dissolution

The petition for dissolution of marriage must be filed with a Case Data Information sheet (Form AOC-FC-3).

Applies to

Motion

Every motion must include, above counsel’s or the self-represented movant’s signature line, a declaration estimating the hearing’s total duration and stating that the estimated time has been reserved on the docket.

Applies to

Motion

Each motion other than a motion to schedule an event must cite legal authority, such as a controlling statute, published decision, or procedural rule.

Deadline

7 calendar days

The moving party must file the original motion and serve a copy by the Clerk’s Office closing time seven calendar days before the hearing date.

A motion will not be heard unless Family Court staff has docketed it for hearing and it has been timely filed and served, unless good cause is shown for the untimeliness.

In marital dissolution actions, all parties must file Form AOC-238 no later than 10 days before the pre-trial conference, unless the parties exchanged the statements earlier under FCRPP 2 [3].

Contact

Phone

Phone

(270) 651-9923

Holiday schedules may be obtained by calling Family Court staff.

Contact

Phone

Phone

[270] 651-9923

The moving party’s attorney must promptly notify Family Court staff by telephone when a previously docketed motion or proceeding will not be heard, for any reason.

Contact

Phone

Phone

(270) 651-9923

To docket a motion for hearing, the movant must call Family Court staff, provide opposing counsel’s correct phone numbers, and work with opposing counsel in good faith to estimate the hearing’s length while identifying a date and time that accommodates counsel’s schedules.

Deadline

7 calendar days

The moving party must serve a copy of the motion no later than the Clerk’s Office closing time seven calendar days before the hearing date.

After 60 days have expired from entry of the most recent order, any notice must be served on both opposing counsel and the party at the party’s last known address.

In marital dissolution actions, all parties must serve Form AOC-238 no later than 10 days before the pre-trial conference, unless the parties exchanged the statements earlier under FCRPP 2 [3].