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Knott Circuit Court Chambers Communication Rules

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Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.

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Designated agencies and officers may receive domestic violence petitions and administer petitioner oaths after regular business hours and on weekends.

B. The following agencies and officers are authorized to take domestic violence petitions and administer oaths to petitioner after regular business hours and weekends:

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After regular business hours and on weekends, contact local law enforcement or Kentucky State Police by calling 911 to access domestic violence petition services in Knott County.

Knott County: Contact local Law Enforcement agency or Kentucky State Police by calling 911

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Contact
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After regular business hours and on weekends, contact local law enforcement or Kentucky State Police by calling 911 to access domestic violence petition services in Magoffin County.

Magoffin County: Contact local Law Enforcement agency or Kentucky State Police by calling 911

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People seeking an Emergency Custody Order after working hours or on weekends must contact the on-call District Court judge or trial commissioner.

After working hours, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends, the on-call District Court judge or trial commissioner shall be contacted.

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Designated agencies and officers may receive domestic violence petitions and administer petitioner oaths during regular business hours.

A. The following agencies and officers are authorized to take domestic violence petitions and administer oaths to petitioner during regular business hours:

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The parties must contact the court's secretary about pending hearings concerning resolved issues.

3. The parties shall have the affirmative duty to contact the court's secretary and remand any pending hearings concerning resolved issues.

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People seeking an Emergency Custody Order during normal working hours must come to the applicable Family Court Clerk's Office.

During normal working hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, persons seeking an Emergency Custody Order (ECO), shall come to the Floyd, Knott, or Magoffin County Judicial Center's Family Court Clerk's Office.

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Petitioners may contact their respective family court clerk's office to seek civil contempt charges.

Or, the petitioners may contact their respective family court clerk's office to seek civil contempt charges.

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Petitioners may contact their respective family court clerk's office to seek civil contempt charges.

2. Or, the petitioners may contact their respective family court clerk's office to seek civil contempt charges.

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How may parties contact Knott Circuit Court?

Designated agencies and officers may receive domestic violence petitions and administer petitioner oaths after regular business hours and on weekends.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 18, section APPENDIX A: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTOCOL AND 24 HOUR ACCESS POLICY

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