Judge David Barber

Applies to

Petition

Petitions undergo County Attorney legal-sufficiency review, with rejected petitions submitted to a District Judge; approved petitions are initialed, distributed to the assigned prosecutor, and filed in original with the appropriate Circuit Court Clerk.

Applies to

Petition

Petitions must include the factual allegations supporting jurisdiction and full information about the child's parents and their addresses; the petitioner must make diligent efforts to locate the parents.

Applies to

Emergency custody order request

An interested party requesting an ECO must comply with FCRPP 19.

The court must review a protective-order petition immediately upon filing.

Deadline

1 hours

Petitions should be reviewed within an hour of presentation to a judge or trial commissioner, unless none is available.

Deadline

1 hours

During regular business hours, the relevant Clerks must present petitions to a judge or Trial Commissioner within one hour, unless unavailability makes that impossible.

Applies to

Protective order hearing notice

All parties must receive notice of the Protective Order hearing as indicated on the Protective Order.

Applies to

Protective order hearing notice

All parties will receive notice of the Protective Order hearing as indicated on the Protective Order.

A copy of every filed motion must be served or mailed to the Court.

Petitions seeking protection under KRS Chapter 403 or Chapter 456 must use form AOC-275.1.

All motions must be written.

Petitions must use the appropriate AOC forms, state the jurisdictional factual allegations, provide full information and addresses for the child's parents, and reflect diligent efforts to locate them.