Martin County Circuit Court, Kentucky Filing Rules

If applicable, all parties must submit Financial Disclosure Statements on the appropriate AOC forms before the Case Management Conference.

Motions for the docket must be filed in the county of the proceeding with the Circuit Court Clerk by the stated deadline, including the seven-day-before-motion-hour and county-specific 4:00 p.m. preceding-weekday deadlines.

The Judge may proceed with specified hearings without service on the non-custodial parent if the required diligent service efforts are established on the record and that parent is not the named alleged perpetrator.

The filing party must communicate a motion withdrawal or remand, or hearing cancellation, directly to both the Circuit Judge and the Clerk, with agreement of all parties.

Temporary Custody Orders under KRS 199.473(7) must be sealed and may be inspected only by the parties and their counsel.

Parties may file motions in compliance with the e-filing system.

The $50 reopening fee is not due for motions filed in Title IV-D cases for child-support modification or enforcement.

Protective-order petitions under KRS Chapter 403 or Chapter 456 must be made on form AOC-275.1.

Counsel shall transmit a courtesy copy to opposing counsel.