Livingston County Circuit Court, Kentucky Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Motions other than default-judgment motions must be filed under CR 78(2) or specifically noticed for a scheduled Rule Day or arranged date; noncompliant motions may be considered defective and void.

Motions, other than for Default Judgments, shall be filed under CR 78(2) or specifically noticed for a scheduled Rule Day or arranged date. Motions which are not in compliance with one of these provisions may be considered defective and void.

CRITICAL

Counsel in civil cases must make a good-faith effort to resolve discovery disputes by agreement before seeking court intervention.

Counsel in civil cases shall have the duty to make a good faith effort to resolve by agreement among themselves any disputes which arise in the course of discovery.

CRITICAL

A motion to set a case for trial must not be brought under CR 78(2).

A motion to set a case for trial shall not be brought under CR 78(2).

CRITICAL

An opposing party who wants an oral hearing may say so in the response and must then set the motion for a Rule Day or another time scheduled with the Court and opposing attorneys.

Should the party opposing the motion filed under this Rule wish to have an oral hearing on the question, that party may so state in their response and shall proceed to set the motion for a Rule Day at a given time or at such other time as may be scheduled with the Court and opposing attorneys.

INFO

The Court may, at its discretion, schedule a hearing on any CR 78(2) motion.

The Court may, at its discretion, schedule a hearing for any motion filed under CR 78(2).