Nicholas County Circuit Court, Kentucky Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

In nonconfidential matters, the parties must provide the child’s school with any order affecting custody or timesharing.

In any matter that is not a confidential case, the parties shall provide a copy of any order affecting custody or timesharing to the subject child's school.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Witness disclosures

At least ten days before a contested hearing, parties must disclose intended expert witnesses and provide a list of other potential witnesses.

In any contested hearing all parties shall disclose and identify, ten days prior to the hearing date, any expert witnesses that they intend to call as a witness, and shall provide a list of all other witnesses that may be called to testify.

CRITICAL

The motion-filing party must give the opposing party reasonable notice, or the matter will not be heard.

In all cases, the party filing the motion must provide notice to the opposing party. A matter will not be heard if the opposing party is not provided with reasonable notice.

CRITICAL

Parties must produce and exchange intended hearing exhibits at least ten days before the hearing.

At least ten days prior to the hearing date, the parties shall also produce and exchange any documents, correspondence, media, photographs, recordings or videos that they intend to submit as exhibits.

INFO

The Court may direct the Circuit Court Clerk, on its own initiative, to distribute an order to a school or child care facility.

The Court may, sua sponte, direct the Circuit Court Clerk to distribute a copy of an order to a school or child care facility.