Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

Citation: Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
Jurisdiction: Kentucky (state)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Documents/ClerksManual.pdf ↗

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 STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Case Type Definition
URESA – URESA/UIFSA – A case in which determination of paternity or enforcement of
UNIFORM RECIPROCAL support is ordered from another jurisdiction. Can be filed in
ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT ACT district or circuit court.
VISIT – VISITATION A case in which an individual requests that a court schedule
the time the individual will spend with the minor children.
Such requests can be brought before the court by parents,
grandparents, or other family members.
VTPR – VOLUNTARY TPR A petition in which a parent voluntarily agrees to terminate
his or her parental rights.
WC – WILL CONTEST A case involving a dispute between parties over a will,
whether testate or intestate. A will contest may be an action
in which one party alleges that the district court erred in
admitting or rejecting a will into the record. If the validity of
the will is not an issue, a party may seek construction,
interpretation or reformation of a will. A will contest is filed
in circuit court.
WRITS – WRITS A case involving a written court order directed to a specific
person, requiring that person to perform or refrain from
performing a specific act. Example: A writ involving prison
conditions.
XI – APPEAL CIVIL A complaint to a court of higher jurisdiction of an injustice
done or error committed by a court of lower jurisdiction on a
civil case, whose judgment or decision the court above is
called upon to correct or reverse.
XR – APPEAL CRIMINAL A complaint to a court of higher jurisdiction of an injustice
done or error committed by a court of lower jurisdiction on a
criminal case, whose judgment or decision the court above is
called upon to correct or reverse.