Kentucky Legal Overview: Elizabethtown The Elizabethtown metropolitan area in Kentucky is defined by the Census Bureau as covering Hardin and LaRue counties. Elizabethtown and the two counties in its metro area are a part of the larger Louisville KY-IN combined statistical area that covers eleven counties in Kentucky and five in Indiana. Each county in Kentucky comes under a judicial district and is served by a judicial circuit. Hardin and LaRue counties are served by the 9th and 10th circuits and districts respectively. Listed below are the main cities in the Elizabethtown metro area.
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1. The Hardin County Circuit Court in Elizabethtown is the county’s main trial court with general jurisdiction. It hears everything from felonies to civil disputes and personal injury claims. The Hardin County District Court has limited jurisdiction over traffic, city/county code violations, misdemeanors and small claims up to $5,000. A family court that serves as a division of the circuit court presides over divorce proceedings. The district court has divisions handling juvenile, domestic violence and probate matters. LaRue County similarly has a circuit and district court located in Hodgenville.
Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against trial court verdicts in Hardin or LaRue counties must be filed with the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The appellate court’s panels are convened all over the state, so plaintiffs and defendants fighting appeals will not need to go to the state capitol where the Supreme Court cases are hard. Federal cases in these two counties have to be filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. All federal appeals in Kentucky go to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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