McCreary County Circuit Court, Kentucky Document Format Requirements
3 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
Motions, pleadings, and orders must meet the stated printing, paper, size, spacing, type-size, and letterhead requirements; larger type is preferred, especially in briefs.
208.1 All motions, pleadings, and orders shall be typewritten or electronically printed, on 16 pound or heavier, white, opaque, unglazed paper, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Orders shall not contain the letterhead of counsel in any margin. All motions, pleadings, and orders shall be double spaced, except legal descriptions of real property. All motions pleading, and orders shall be written with type never smaller than pica, and larger type is preferable, especially in briefs.
WARNING
A tendered or proposed order or judgment must not contain a law firm’s letterhead.
206.4 In no event shall a tendered or proposed order or judgment contain the letterhead of a law firm on the judgment or order.
INFO
The document recommends placing “DOMESTIC RELATIONS COMMISSIONER DATE” notation along the left-hand margin.
notation along the left-hand margin: Recommended: DOMESTIC RELATIONS COMMISSIONER DATE
What formatting rules apply to filings in McCreary County Circuit Court, Kentucky?
McCreary County Circuit Court, Kentucky's formatting rule includes double spacing, letter paper, documents must be typewritten or electronically printed on white, opaque, unglazed paper weighing 16 pounds or heavier., orders must not contain counsel's letterhead in any margin., legal descriptions of real property are excepted from the double-spacing requirement., and type must be no smaller than pica; larger type is preferable, especially in briefs..
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