24A.120 Civil and probate jurisdiction.
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24A.120 Civil and probate jurisdiction.
District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in: <br>(1) Civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed four thousand
dollars ($4,000), exclusive of interest and costs, except matters affecting title to real <br>estate and matters of equity; however, nothing herein shall prohibit execution levy <br>on real estate in enforcement of judgment of District Court;
(2) Matters involving probate, except matters contested in an adversary proceeding.
Such adversary proceeding shall be filed in Circuit Court in accordance with the <br>Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure and shall not be considered an appeal; and
(3) Matters not provided for by statute to be commenced in Circuit Court shall be
deemed to be nonadversarial within the meaning of subsection (2) of this section <br>and therefore are within the jurisdiction of the District Court.
Effective: June 24, 2003 <br>History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 15, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 320, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 517, sec. 6, effective September 1, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 137, <br>sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 1, effective <br>July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; and <br>ch. 259, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 122, <br>effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 11.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2003). Under the authority of KRS
7.136, the Reviser of Statutes has renumbered the paragraphs and subsections of this <br>section. To conform with this renumbering, a reference in subsection (3) to <br>"paragraph (b) of this subsection" has been changed to read "subsection (2) of this <br>section.
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