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Western District of Kentucky

The Western District of Kentucky is the federal bankruptcy court for 53 counties in Kentucky, divided into 4 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Bowling Green Division

18 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Ky. — Bowling Green Divisional Office, counties represented: Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Warren

Louisville Division

11 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Ky. — Louisville, counties represented: Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Spencer, Washington

Owensboro Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Ky. — Owensboro, counties represented: Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, Webster

Paducah Division

14 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Ky. — Paducah Divisional Office, counties represented: Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall, Trigg

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How the Western District of Kentucky runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

What the Western District of Kentucky publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 46 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.kywb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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