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III Pleadings and Motions

Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure – 2026

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I Title and Scope of Rules; One Form of Action II Commencement of Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions and Orders III Pleadings and Motions IV Parties V Depositions and Discovery VI Trials VII Judgment VIII Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings IX Appeals X Courts and Clerks XI General Application of these Rules XII Special Rules of the Circuit Court for the Economical Litigation Docket XIII Mediation Rules
7.01 Pleadings 7.02 Motions and other papers 7.03 Privacy protection for filings made with the court 8.01 Claims for relief 8.02 Defenses; form of denials 8.03 Affirmative defenses 8.04 Effect of failure to deny 8.05 Pleading to be concise and direct; consistency 8.06 Construction of pleadings 9.01 Capacity 9.02 Fraud, mistake, condition of mind 9.03 Conditions precedent 9.04 Official document or act 9.05 Judgment 9.06 Special damages 10.01 Caption; names of parties 10.02 Paragraphs; separate statements 10.03 Adoption by reference; exhibits 11 Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; sanctions 12.01 When presented 12.02 How presented 12.03 Motion for judgment on the pleadings 12.04 Preliminary hearing 12.05 Motion for more definite statement 12.06 Motion to strike 12.07 Consolidation of defenses in motion 12.08 Waiver or preservation of certain defenses 13.01 Compulsory counterclaims 13.02 Permissive counterclaims 13.03 Counterclaim exceeding opposing claim 13.04 Counterclaims against the Commonwealth 13.05 Counterclaim maturing or acquired after pleading 13.06 Omitted counterclaim 13.07 Cross-claim against co-party 13.08 Additional parties may be brought in 13.09 Separate trials; separate judgment 14.01 When defendant may bring in third party 14.02 When plaintiff may bring in third party 14.03 Special amici curiae in bond-issue proceedings 15.01 Amendments 15.02 Amendments to conform to the evidence 15.03 Relation back of amendments 15.04 Supplemental pleadings 16 Pretrial procedure; formulating issues