Owen County Circuit Court, Kentucky Filing Rules

Unless a hearing is not required by statute or rule, motions must state the hearing date and time; the date must be a regular Motion Day unless the Court sets another date, and noncompliant motions will not be docketed.

Except for emergency, ex parte, or differently timed motions, motions must be filed at least seven days before the hearing; late motions may be denied or continued, subject to the stated exceptions.

Counsel may appear by Zoom at motion hearings only after requesting and receiving prior Court approval, except for motions to set a final hearing or trial and motions presented solely to request a special hearing date when the parties have agreed the motion cannot be heard in fifteen minutes on the regular docket.

Counsel must email copies of motions, responses, replies, and surreplies to the presiding judge.

Court payments may be made in cash, by in-state check, cashier's check, or money order.

Copies of necessary exhibits, affidavits, and other attachments must be sent to opposing counsel.

Deposition transcript copies should be in PDF format and e-filed if possible.

In cases subject to mandatory e-filing, represented parties must file electronically unless the eFiling Rules otherwise permit conventional filing; documents filed by unrepresented parties are excepted.

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access to those files is governed by the specified statutes.

Necessary exhibits, affidavits, and other attachments must be filed together with the motion, response, reply, or surreply to which they relate.

A party unable to attend a scheduled motion hearing must immediately notify the moving party and try to agree on another time; if unsuccessful, the party must immediately file a continuance motion or notice of unavailability. The Court may allocate continuance costs upon good cause and retains discretion to grant or deny a continuance.