Letcher Circuit Court Service and Proof of Service Rules

Applies to

Summons

When a covered case transfers to another circuit, the emergency protective order continues and the initiating court must reissue the summons; if service has not been made by transfer, the reissued summons is limited to fourteen days unless the court determines another period is necessary for the petitioner's protection, with further reissuance as needed in the receiving court.

Consistent with FCRPP 12, when the local domestic 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. Thereafter, reissuance of the summons shall occur as needed in the court of transfer.