Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 454.350 (2026)

Time within which judge, commissioner or hearing officer must issue

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judgment or report -- Certification of reason when delay occurs. (1) Every Circuit and District Judge shall, when at all possible, issue a written judgment or order in all civil actions which have been submitted for final adjudication within ninety (90) days from the date the action was taken under submission. (2) Where a report, findings, or recommendations of a commissioner or hearing officer are required by statute or rule as a prerequisite to an order or judgment by the Circuit or District Court the same shall be filed within ninety (90) days of the conclusion of the trial or hearing at which the commissioner or hearing officer presided. (3) Every Circuit and District Judge shall at the end of every month certify in writing to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court all cases which have been submitted for final adjudication for longer than ninety (90) days and have not been adjudicated and certify in writing to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court the reason for the delay. (4) Any District or Circuit Judge who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to removal by the Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission. History: Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: Dubick v. Dubick, 653 S.W.2d 652 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983).
Dubick v. Dubick, 653 S.W.2d 652 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 3× “By what we say here we mean that if KRS 454.350 is violated, any late judgment or report is not void because of tardiness.”
Thomas v. Thomas, 248 S.W.3d 564 (Ky. 2008). · cites it 4× “Analysis The ultimate issue is what effect KRS 454.350 has on the validity of the filing of the DRC’s recommendations more than ninety days subsequent to the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing.”
Ratliff v. Phillips, 746 S.W.2d 405 (Ky. 1988). “Dubick, supra, construing KRS 454.350. While that statute differs from the statute before us now, the reasoning of the Court in arriving at its decision is sound.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 454.350(2) — 1 case
Dubick v. Dubick, 653 S.W.2d 652 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). “By what we say here we mean that if KRS 454.350 is violated, any late judgment or report is not void because of tardiness.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 454.350(4) — 1 case
Thomas v. Thomas, 248 S.W.3d 564 (Ky. 2008). “Analysis The ultimate issue is what effect KRS 454.350 has on the validity of the filing of the DRC’s recommendations more than ninety days subsequent to the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing.”
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