Lincoln County Circuit Court, Kentucky Document Format Requirements

Civil cases

Petitions seeking protection under KRS Chapter 403 or Chapter 456 must be made on form AOC-275.1.

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.

Petitions seeking protection under KRS Chapter 403 or 456 must be made on form AOC-275.1.

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.

Protective-order petitions under KRS Chapter 403 or Chapter 456 must use form AOC-275.1.

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

Civil cases

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Court papers must be one-sided, on unglazed white letter-size paper, in at least 12-point type, double-spaced with stated exceptions, and have at least one-inch margins; approved agency forms are exempt.

All pleadings, motions, memoranda, proposed orders and other papers to be field with the Court shall be printed or typewritten on one side only of unglazed white paper which is 8.5 inches by 11 inches in dimension, in size 12 font or larger (excluding footnotes), double spaced (except for indented quotations and footnotes), and with at least a one inch margin on each side. This Rule shall not apply to AOC or other official agency approved forms.

If a verified motion for an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order is filed in a dissolution or child custody proceeding, the motion must be filed on AOC form 275.1, as a petition, pursuant to KRS 403.720(2), and it shall be assigned a domestic violence "D" case number with the appropriate trailer number regardless of the fact that it was filed as a motion in the Circuit Court dissolution or child custody case.

If a verified motion for an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order is filed in a dissolution or child custody proceeding, the motion must be filed on AOC form 275.1, as a petition, pursuant to KRS 403.720(2), and it shall be assigned a domestic violence "D" case number with the appropriate trailer number regardless of the fact that it was filed as a motion in the Circuit Court dissolution or child custody case.

Civil cases

Documents longer than one page must be paginated, except AOC and other official agency approved forms.

All documents exceeding a single page in length shall be paginated. This Rule shall not apply to AOC or other official agency approved forms.

In a dissolution or child custody proceeding, a verified motion for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order must be filed on AOC form 275.1 as a petition.

If a verified motion for an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order is filed in a dissolution or child custody proceeding, the motion must be filed on AOC form 275.1, as a petition, pursuant to KRS 403.720(2)