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KENTUCKY
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
RULE
76
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS AND SUPREME
COURT
CR
76.34 MOTIONS
(1) Applicability of Other Rules.
Rules 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.05, 6.04, 6.05 and
7.02 shall apply to all motions other than
motions for transfer to the Supreme Court and motions for discretionary review, except that
the movant shall not specify a time for hearing in the motion or notice unless the time has
been set as provided by paragraph (4) of this Rule 76.34.
(2) Response.
The opposing party may file a response, accompanied by a certificate of service,
within 10 days after the date the motion was served or within the time otherwise designated
by the court.
(3) Number of Copies.
Five (5) copies of motions and responses in the Court of Appeals shall be filed.
Except as otherwise required by Rule 65.09(1), Rule
74.02(1), Rule 76.20(6) and Rule
76.37(11), five (5) copies of motions and responses in the Supreme Court shall be filed,
unless the Court directs otherwise.
(4) Hearing and Disposition.
(a) Except for motions that call for final disposition of an appeal or original action in
the appellate court, any member of the court designated by the Chief Justice or Chief Judge
may hear and dispose of any motion; and
(b) Any intermediate order of a procedural nature pending final disposition of a
proceeding pending in an appellate court may be issued on the signature of any judge of that
court.
(5) Oral Arguments.
No motion will be heard on oral argument except by prearrangement with an
authorized representative of the appellate court or with the judge to whom the motion is
addressed or has been assigned.
(6) Motion to Dismiss Appeal or Cross-Appeal.
(a) In addition to any other relief provided by these Rules, an adversary party may
move to dismiss an appeal or cross-appeal because it is not within the jurisdiction of the
appellate court or because it has not been prosecuted in conformity with the Rules; and
(b) Timely filing of a motion to dismiss shall suspend the running of time for
procedural steps otherwise required with regard to the appeal and any cross-appeal in the
same proceeding, and the time will continue to run as provided by Rule 76.12(2) after the
date an order is entered denying the motion or passing it to the merits.
[Amended by Order 93-1, eff. 9-1-93; prior amendments
eff. 8-28-89, 1-1-85, 7-1-79; adopted eff. 1-1-78]
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