FRANKFORT, KY — The Kentucky Administrative Workplace of the Courts is internet hosting a collection of boards on the courtroom system’s response to home violence this month.
The workplace says the purpose is to determine gaps in how the courtroom system addresses points associated to home violence. That features relationship violence, stalking, sexual violence and different types of home violence.
In a information launch concerning the boards, the workplace notes that greater than 12,000 felony circumstances have been filed in Kentucky courts in 2020 involving home violence and prices associated to it.
“When you or somebody you already know has sought and/or acquired help by means of the courts for home violence, relationship violence, stalking or sexual violence, we need to hear from you,” Administrative Workplace of the Courts home violence program coordinator Vanessa Chauhan mentioned in an announcement Monday. “These conditions are devastating to the people and their households and we need to do the whole lot we are able to to make sure our courtroom professionals are educated and geared up to serve them.”
The discussion board for individuals who stay or work in west Kentucky is about for 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT on Sept. 30. That discussion board is for Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Todd, Trigg, Union and Webster counties.
Click here to register. The Administrative Workplace of the Courts says those that enroll will get a affirmation electronic mail with a hyperlink to the Zoom assembly for the discussion board.
Those that are unable to attend that discussion board can participate in a special area’s discussion board if wanted.
These dates embody:
Sept. 27, 2021
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT
Registration required. Click on here to register.
For residents residing or working in Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Garrard, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Rockcastle, Whitley and Wolfe counties.
Sept. 28, 2021
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT
Registration required. Click on here to register.
For residents residing or working in Bathtub, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Powell, Robertson, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Trimble and Woodford counties.
Sept. 29, 2021
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT
Registration required. Click on here to register.
For residents residing or working in Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Grayson, Inexperienced, Hardin, Hart, LaRue, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McCreary, Meade, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Nelson, Pulaski, Russell, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Warren, Washington and Wayne counties.
