Bourbon County Circuit Court, Kentucky Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Notice of Termination by administrative discharge must use a form prescribed by BSW-MHC.

If the judge agrees with the accommodation, the judge shall complete a Notice of Termination by administrative discharge on a form prescribed by BSW-MHC and refer the case back the sentencing judge.

CRITICALCriminal cases

An Order of Termination must use the form prescribed by BSW-MHC.

An Order of Termination shall be signed by the judge on a form prescribed by BSW-MHC, and a copy of the Affidavit of Violations shall be attached.

CRITICAL

Protective-order petitions under the cited statutes must use form AOC-275.1 and be accepted and filed with the court.

All petitions requested, completed and signed by persons seeking protection under KRS Chapter 403 or KRS Chapter 456 shall be made on form AOC-275.1, and shall be accepted and filed with the court. KRS 403.725, KRS 456.030.

CRITICAL

Motions, pleadings, and orders must use letter-sized paper, legible ink, double spacing except for real-property legal descriptions, and at least 12-point font; double-sided documents will not be accepted.

All motions, pleadings and orders shall be written on letter-sized paper, and the ink shall be legible. All motions, pleadings and orders shall be double-spaced, except for legal descriptions of real property, and shall be written in not smaller than a 12-point font. No motion, pleading, or order shall be accepted if it is written on both sides of the paper.

CRITICAL

An offer sheet must be legible and clearly state any charge amendments or dismissals and their basis.

The offer sheet shall be legible and shall clearly set out any amendments to charges or dismissal of charges and the basis for the amendments and/or dismissals.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleading

A pleading with two-sided text will be rejected by the Clerk and excluded from the motion docket.

Any pleading filed that has two-sided text shall be rejected by the Clerk and shall not be placed on the motion docket.

CRITICAL

Documents submitted to the Circuit Clerk and Master Commissioner must be single-page and not double-sided.

All documents shall be submitted to the Circuit Clerk and the Master Commissioner as single page documents. No double-sided copies will be accepted.

WARNING

The VS-300 form must be typed, and its signature must be in black or blue ink.

A completed VS-300 form typed and signature in black or blue ink shall be filed at the time of filing of the Petition for Dissolution.

WARNINGCriminal cases

An Order of Termination may be signed by the judge on a form prescribed by BSW-MHC, and a copy of the Affidavit of Violations shall be attached.

An Order of Termination may be signed by the judge on a form prescribed by BSW-MHC, and a copy of the Affidavit of Violations shall be attached.

WARNINGCriminal cases

If the judge finds the request knowing and voluntary, the judge may terminate the participant using a form prescribed by BSW-MHC.

If the judge determines that the request is knowingly and voluntarily made, the judge may terminate the participant from Mental Health Court on a form prescribed by BSW-MHC and refer the case back to the sentencing judge.

WARNING

The Circuit Clerk must mark the tendered date on the first page of documents requiring the Family Court Judge’s signature.

Upon receipt of tendered orders, judgments, decrees, forms and settlement agreements requiring the signature of the Family Court Judge, the Circuit Clerk shall mark the date the document is tendered by affixing a TENDERED ON stamp in either the bottom left or bottom right corner of the first page of the document.

WARNING

Each copy tendered for signature must be marked “COPY” on its first page.

Each copy tendered to be signed shall be pre-marked "COPY" on the first page.