Pulaski Circuit Court Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Fee

40

Commissioner hearing fees are assessed at $10 per quarter hour, are due by the fifth working day after the hearing, and are subject to the stated case, reopening, and uncontested-divorce caps.

For any hearing the commissioner shall receive a fee of $40.00 per hour, assessed at a rate of $10.00 for each quarter hour or part thereof. Such fees shall be paid through the office of the Circuit Court Clerk to the Commissioner and shall be due on the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing. No more than $600.00 shall be assessed in any case regardless of the number and length of hearings, except that if a case is reopened additional fees totalling not more than $200.00 may be assessed. No more than $15.00 shall be assessed in any uncontested divorce.

CRITICAL

Fee

20

Applies to

Motion

In Lincoln Circuit Court, the moving party must pay $20 toward the Commissioner's fee, with additional fees possible for hearings over half an hour; the prepayment is refunded if no hearing occurs and the total fee is capped by the referenced rules.

b) In the Lincoln Circuit Court, the party filing the motion shall remit to the Clerk a payment of $20.00 toward the Domestic Relations Commissioner's fee. Additional fees will be assessed if the duration of the hearing exceeds one-half hour. If the matter is resolved without a hearing, the pre-paid fee shall be refunded. In no event shall the fee exceed the amount allowable by the Civil Rules and Rules of the Kentucky Supreme court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Fee

$50

Applies to

Motion

A $50 fee is due when filing a qualifying motion to reopen a paternity case, except for Title IV-D child-support-enforcement motions and movants proceeding in forma pauperis.

Pursuant to FCRPP 14(1), a fee of $50.00 shall be paid by the movant in paternity cases reopened after six (6) months from the entry of the paternity judgment for the purpose of modifying any support, custody or visitation ordered. This does not include motions in 42 U.S.C. Title IV-D cases for child support enforcement. The clerk shall collect any fee upon the filing of the motion, unless the movant is proceeding in forma pauperis.

CRITICAL

Fee

20 $

In Lincoln Circuit Court, the moving party must pay $20 toward the Commissioner's fee; additional fees apply for hearings longer than half an hour, the pre-paid fee is refunded if there is no hearing, and the total fee may not exceed the amount allowed by the cited rules.

b) In the Lincoln Circuit Court, the party filing the motion shall remit to the Clerk a payment of $20.00 toward the Domestic Relations Commissioner's fee. Additional fees will be assessed if the duration of the hearing exceeds one-half hour. If the matter is resolved without a hearing, the pre-paid fee shall be refunded. In no event shall the fee exceed the amount allowable by the Civil Rules and Rules of the Kentucky Supreme court.

CRITICAL

Fee

40 $

Hearing fees are $40 per hour, assessed in quarter-hour increments, due by the fifth working day after the hearing, and subject to stated case, reopening, and uncontested-divorce caps.

For any hearing the commissioner shall receive a fee of $40.00 per hour, assessed at a rate of $10.00 for each quarter hour or part thereof. Such fees shall be paid through the office of the Circuit Court Clerk to the Commissioner and shall be due on the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing. No more than $600.00 shall be assessed in any case regardless of the number and length of hearings, except that if a case is reopened additional fees totalling not more than $200.00 may be assessed. No more than $15.00 shall be assessed in any uncontested divorce.

CRITICAL

In Pulaski Circuit Court, the hearing fee must be paid through the Circuit Court Clerk by the fifth working day after the hearing.

a) In Pulaski Circuit Court, at the conclusion of each hearing, the Commissioner shall advise the parties of the amount of the hearing fee. Such fee shall be paid through the office of the Pulaski Circuit Court Clerk not later than the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing.

CRITICAL

In Pulaski Circuit Court, the Commissioner must advise the parties of the fee after each hearing; it must be paid through the Clerk by the fifth working day afterward, and counsel must notify the Commissioner of payment.

a) In Pulaski Circuit Court, at the conclusion of each hearing, the Commissioner shall advise the parties of the amount of the hearing fee. Such fee shall be paid through the office of the Pulaski Circuit Court Clerk not later than the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing. Counsel shall notify the Domestic Relations Commissioner of the payment of said fee.

WARNINGCivil cases

If applicable fees have been paid, the motion, affidavit, and order will then be served on the responding party.

F. If appropriate fees, if any, have been paid, the motion, affidavit and order will then be served on the responding party as follows: