Hickman County Circuit Court, Kentucky Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

The movant must serve and notify the non-moving party as required by CR 5 and follow local practice rules for obtaining a contempt order.

The movant shall serve and notify the non-moving party as required by the Rules of Civil Procedure, namely CR 5; and rules of local practice for obtaining a contempt order shall be followed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Court may void participation in pretrial diversion after a hearing for which the Commonwealth and defendant have notice.

After a hearing with notice to the Commonwealth and the defendant, the Court may void a person's participation in pretrial diversion upon a showing of failure to comply with the conditions of diversion or a failure to make satisfactory progress in complying with the Order of Diversion .

CRITICAL

motions shall be filed with the Clerk before the close of business on Monday preceding the scheduled motion hour and served that same day by fax or actual service on the opposing party or counsel.

motions shall be filed with the Clerk before the close of business on Monday preceding the scheduled motion hour and served that same day by fax or actual service on the opposing party or counsel.

CRITICAL

When a case is transferred under the local protocol, the emergency protective order continues and the initiating court must reissue the summons for up to fourteen days if service has not been made, or for the period the court deems necessary to protect the petitioner.

Consistent with FCRPP 12, when the local domestic and interpersonal violence protocol requires that a case be transferred to another circuit due to a pending dissolution or custody matter, an emergency protective order shall continue and the summons shall be reissued by the initiating Court, pursuant to KRS 403.740(4), for a period not to exceed fourteen days if service has not been made on the adverse party by the date of transfer, or as the Court determines is necessary for the protection of the petitioner.

CRITICAL

A domestic motion for a particular Motion Hour must be served on the opposing party or counsel by fax or actual service on the day it is filed.

Domestic motions to be heard on a particular Motion Hour will be limited to those filed with the Clerk of the court before the close of business on the Monday preceding the scheduled motion hour and served that same day by fax or actual service on the opposing party or counsel.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil complaint

Service

Court service to clerk

When filing a civil complaint, sufficient copies, including the specified attorney and supporting-document materials, must be left with the Clerk for service on each defendant.

Whenever a civil complaint is filed, sufficient copies thereof, including the names of the attorneys and the true copies of all affidavits, jurats, and exhibits, shall be left with the Clerk for service on each defendant pursuant to Civil Rules of Procedure

CRITICAL

In civil contempt proceedings, the movant must serve and notify the non-moving party as required by CR 5 and follow local practice rules for obtaining a contempt order.

The movant shall serve and notify the non-moving party as required by the Rules of Civil Procedure, namely CR 5; and rules of local practice for obtaining a contempt order shall be followed.

CRITICAL

Each side must provide the opposing party its intended trial witnesses’ names and addresses and a brief summary of their testimony at least 20 days before trial.

Each side shall furnish the opposing party with the names and addresses of all witnesses that they intend to call at trial and a brief summary of the testimony not less than twenty (20) days prior to the scheduled trial date.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Return of service of summons

Service

Mail

The Court Clerks must immediately mail the plaintiff’s attorney a photocopy of the return of service of summons upon receipt.

A. The Clerks of the Court shall immediately, upon receipt, mail a photocopy of the return to the service of summons in any case to the Plaintiffs attorney.

WARNING

Service

Mail

Service by mail requires three additional days’ notice.

Service, if made by mail, shall require three (3) additional days notice.