Bullitt Circuit Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A photograph or reduced copy of a large or cumbersome trial exhibit must be submitted and substituted for the exhibit at the conclusion of trial.

A photograph or reduced copy of a large or cumbersome exhibit to be introduced into evidence shall be submitted and substituted for such exhibit at the conclusion of the trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

Litigants must pre-mark documents and physical evidence they intend to introduce at a hearing.

For the purpose of conserving hearing time, litigants are required to pre- mark any document or physical evidence such as photographs, reports of drug screens, school records, etc. that the litigant intends to introduce at the hearing.

CRITICAL

The videographer must mark the recording with the action style and number and witness names, and file a certificate identifying it.

The videographer shall mark the recording with the style and number of the action and the name of the witnesses and shall file a certificate which identifies the recording.

CRITICAL

At the start of an electronic deposition, the videographer must identify the attendees on camera or read an introduction naming the parties and attorneys present.

At the beginning of the proceedings, the videographer shall either focus on and identify each attorney, party and witness present at the taking of the deposition or read a statement introducing by name the parties to the litigation and the attorneys present without focusing on each person.

CRITICALCivil cases

Exhibits must bear the next available exhibit number, the case number, the introducing party's identification, and the date of submission to the record.

Mark the item with an exhibit number for identification purposes, to maintain clarity of the record, the Clerk shall provide the next available number. The Exhibit shall also be marked with the case number, identification of the introducing party and the date of submission to the record.

CRITICAL

The Circuit Court Clerk may not file a fax-generated pleading without leave of the Circuit Judge.

No pleading which is generated by fax shall be filed by the Circuit Court Clerk without leave of the Circuit Judge.

CRITICAL

Trial exhibits must bear appropriate labels, with the exhibit number entered on the label when the exhibit is introduced into evidence.

Exhibits to be used at trial shall be marked the appropriate labels. The number of the exhibit shall be entered on the label at the time of the introduction into evidence.

CRITICAL

Pleadings must be printed on white letter-size paper.

All pleadings shall be on 8 1/2 " × 11" white paper.

CRITICALCivil cases

Pleadings must be original documents, and hardcopy originals must bear the filer’s original signature.

All pleadings shall be original documents. Hardcopy originals shall contain the original signature of the individual filing the document.

CRITICALCivil cases

Pleadings and court documents in the specified actions must identify minors by initials and year of birth, except for the Case Data Information Sheet AOC-FC-3.

In all pleadings and court documents submitted concerning Dissolution, Legal Separation, Custody, or Child Support, except the Case Data Information Sheet AOC-FC-3, minors shall be referenced by their initials and year of birth.

CRITICALCivil cases

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

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

CRITICAL

The camera must remain stationary and may zoom only when necessary to fairly show exhibits or demonstrative proof; it may not zoom to unduly influence the witness’s words.

The camera shall remain stationary at all times during the deposition and will not "zoom" in or out on the witness excepting those times when the witness is displaying, for the jury's viewing, exhibits or other pieces of demonstrative proof that can only be fairly and reasonably seen by "zooming" in. The camera will not "zoom" in on a witness solely to give unfair or undue influence on the witness' words.

CRITICAL

Objections must be reserved and not stated on the recording, except objections to the form of a question.

All objections shall be reserved and shall not be stated on the recording except for objections relating to the form of the question.

WARNING

(c) The bottom of each order tendered for signature should appear in a format similar to the format set forth in this paragraph and name each appropriate party pursuant to BCR 550(a): "DISTRIBUTION TO John Smith Mary Jones Bill Bailey"

(c) The bottom of each order tendered for signature should appear in a format similar to the format set forth in this paragraph and name each appropriate party pursuant to BCR 550(a): "DISTRIBUTION TO John Smith Mary Jones Bill Bailey"

WARNING

The camera must not zoom in on a witness to unfairly influence the witness’s words, except for the other purposes described above.

camera will not "zoom" in on a witness solely to give unfair or undue influence upon the words of the witness, and does not apply to the "zooming" in for other purposes described above.

WARNINGCivil cases

Only the Clerk may annotate pleadings or filings in the Court record, and only with the Court’s knowledge and permission.

No annotations to documents shall be made onto the pleadings or filings in the Court record except by the Clerk of the Court and with the knowledge and permission of the Court.

WARNING

A videotaped deposition must be operated by a person qualified to operate the recording equipment.

At the deposition, the videotape recorded shall be operated by a person qualified to operate such recording equipment,

WARNING

Objections must be reserved and not stated on the videotape, except objections to the form of a question.

All objections shall be reserved and shall not be stated on the videotape except for objections relating to the form of the question.

WARNINGCivil cases

Citations to these Rules must use “RBFC” or “Rules of Bullitt Family Court,” followed by the applicable rule number.

These Rules shall be cited as RBFC or "Rules of Bullitt Family Court" followed by the applicable rule number.

WARNING

The recording operator must mark the recording with the action style and number and the witness's name.

who is to mark the recording with the style and number of action and the name of the witness

WARNING

The camera must remain stationary and may not zoom on the witness, except when zooming is needed to fairly and reasonably show exhibits or other demonstrative proof displayed for the jury.

The camera shall remain stationary at all times during the deposition and shall not "zoom" in or out on the witness excepting those times during the deposition when the witness is displaying, for the jury's viewing, exhibits or other pieces of demonstrative proof that can only be fairly and reasonably seen on the videotape by use of the camera "zooming" in on said evidence.

WARNING

At the beginning of the taping of the deposition, the operator of the video camera shall focus on each attorney, party and witness present at the taking of the deposition, and such person shall be identified; or the operator may read a statement introducing by name parties to the litigation and the attorneys present without focusing on each person, at the election of the noticing party.

At the beginning of the taping of the deposition, the operator of the video camera shall focus on each attorney, party and witness present at the taking of the deposition, and such person shall be identified; or the operator may read a statement introducing by name parties to the litigation and the attorneys present without focusing on each person, at the election of the noticing party.