Scott Circuit Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Pleadings with two-sided text will be rejected by the Clerk and excluded from the motion docket.

Any pleading filed that has two-sided text shall be rejected by the Clerk and shall not be placed on the motion docket.

CRITICAL

Documents submitted to the Circuit Clerk and Master Commissioner must be single-sided; double-sided copies are not accepted.

All documents shall be submitted to the Circuit Clerk and the Master Commissioner as single page documents. No double-sided copies will be accepted.

CRITICAL

Motions, pleadings, and orders must use letter-sized paper, legible ink, double spacing except for real-property legal descriptions, and at least 12-point type; two-sided documents will not be accepted.

All motions, pleadings and orders shall be written on letter-sized paper, and the ink shall be legible. All motions, pleadings and orders shall be double-spaced, except for legal descriptions of real property, and shall be written in not smaller than a 12-point font. No motion, pleading, or order shall be accepted if it is written on both sides of the paper.

CRITICAL

Use AOC-141S or AOC-141SP for judicial-sale referrals and AOC-141 for all other referrals to the Master Commissioner.

For judicial sales referred to the Master Commissioner, the AOC-141S (Order Referring Case to Master Commissioner for Judicial Sale) or the AOC-141SP (Order Referring Case to Special Master Commissioner for Judicial Sale), shall be utilized. For all other matters referred to the Master Commissioner, the AOC-141 (Order Referring Case to Master Commissioner) shall be utilized.

CRITICAL

The completed VS-300 form must be typed and signed in black or blue ink.

A completed VS-300 form typed and signature in black or blue ink

CRITICAL

A dependency, neglect, or abuse petition is accepted as an initiating document only if filed on Form AOC-DNA-1.

Only petitions filed on Form AOC-DNA-1 shall be accepted by the Circuit Clerk as an initiating document.

WARNING

The Circuit Clerk must stamp the tender date in the bottom-left or bottom-right corner of the first page of covered documents.

Upon receipt of tendered orders, judgments, decrees, forms and settlement agreements requiring the signature of the Family Court Judge, the Circuit Clerk shall mark the date the document is tendered by affixing a TENDERED ON stamp in either the bottom left or bottom right corner of the first page of the document. - (date)" notation or

WARNING

Offer sheets must be legible.

The offer sheet shall be legible and shall clearly set out any amendments to charges or dismissal of charges and the basis for the amendments and/or dismissals.

WARNING

Tendered orders, judgments, and decrees must use the specified judge and court identification.

and be prepared as follows: JUDGE _ (name of Judge) CIRCUIT COURT, DIVISION III FAMILY COURT

WARNING

Applies to

Real property appraisal

If an appraisal is required by Order or statute, it must be written, signed by its makers, and filed before the sale.

In accordance with KRS 426.520(2) the appraisal shall be in writing, shall be signed by the persons making it, and shall be filed in the Court record by the Master Commissioner prior to the sale.

INFO

Document production may be made electronically unless the requesting party expressly prohibits it.

Document production may be through electronic means unless expressly prohibited by the requesting party.

WARNING

Each copy of a document tendered for signature must be marked “COPY” on its first page.

Each copy tendered to be signed shall be pre-marked "COPY" on the first page.