Kentucky Legal Overview: Huntington-Ashland The Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area is defined by the Census Bureau as covering six counties in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio. It includes two counties in W. Virginia, one in Ohio and the Boyd, Carter and Greenup counties in Kentucky. These three counties are served by circuit and district courts, which have original jurisdiction over all cases filed in the county. The circuit court is the main trial court while the district court has limited jurisdiction. The main Kentucky cities in the Huntington-Ashland metro area are listed below.
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1. The Boyd County Circuit Court is based in the county seat of Catlettsburg, even though the largest city in the county is Ashland. The circuit court handles all criminal and civil cases, including felony prosecutions, civil claims for personal injury or business disputes. It also has a family court division, which handles divorce cases. The Boyd County District Court has limited jurisdiction over misdemeanors, traffic and city/county ordinance violations, and small claims below $5,000. It also has separate divisions for probate, domestic violence and juvenile cases.
Trending Legal Topics: The circuit and district courts for Carter and Greenup counties are based in the county seats of Grayson and Greenup respectively. Appeals from all these trial courts are filed with the Kentucky Court of Appeals, which convenes panels for hearings all over the state. The Kentucky Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases in all three counties get filed with the Ashland Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Federal appeals in Kentucky are taken up by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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