Webster County Circuit Court, Kentucky Filing Rules

Except for motions included in an answer, a motion notice must state a hearing date no later than the next regular motion day, or it will be treated as not filed.

Motions must be filed at least seven days before the hearing.

Service of written motions and their notices must comply with Kentucky Rules CR 5 and CR 6.05.

Parties must keep the Court informed of any address changes.

Before seeking an order compelling discovery compliance, counsel must confer or correspond with opposing counsel and be unable to resolve the differences without a hearing.

Each order and judgment must be prepared as a separate instrument.

Copies of summary judgment papers must be sent to the Judge’s office at the stated address.

A $50 reopening fee applies to qualifying inactive cases, with stated Title IV-D and in forma pauperis exceptions and a fee requirement for certain later motions filed by private counsel or pro se parties.

For personal identifiers, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope, subject to specified access restrictions; documents in actions confidential by statute need not be redacted.

Continuance motions must be made and heard before the report date; after that date, the Court will not continue a case except for good cause.

E-filing is preferred and represented parties should use it when possible, but motions may instead be filed at the Clerk's office or by fax if a hard copy is later filed of record within the applicable time limits.