{"id":56,"date":"2014-09-08T17:56:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T17:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:59:31","slug":"districtcivil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"District Civil\/Probate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Kenton District Civil\/Probate Court<\/strong><br \/>\n230 Madison Avenue, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Floor<br \/>\nCovington,\u00a0Kentucky 41011<\/h5>\n<h5>PHONE: (859) 292-6523<br \/>\nFAX: (859) 292-6611<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome to Kenton County District Civil\/Probate Court. \u00a0District civil includes: civil cases up to $5,000.00,<\/li>\n<li>Small claims (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=124\">here)<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Evictions (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=224\">here)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Probate court includes: estates, Guardianships of minors (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=239\">here)<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li>Name changes (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=235\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Probate (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=230\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Confidential cases include Involuntary Hospitalization (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=185\">here<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>Guardianship\/disability of adults (click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=153\">here<\/a>) and<\/li>\n<li>Casey&#8217;s Law (involuntary alcohol\/drug treatment)(click <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=188\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a <a href=\"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/?p=241\">District Civil schedule click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Services include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Processing complaints, petitions and case filings<\/li>\n<li>Collecting filing fees and court costs<\/li>\n<li>Scheduling and\/or confirming hearing dates, times and court rooms (if permitted)<\/li>\n<li>Fulfilling copy requests (files and audio\/video)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have proper photo identification<\/li>\n<li>Sign\u00a0AOC forms\u00a0when in the presence of a deputy clerk (unless previously\u00a0notarized by outside notary)<\/li>\n<li>Payment can be made by cash,\u00a0checks made payable to John C. Middleton, Kenton Circuit Clerk (with\u00a0proper identification) or debit\/credit card (with proper identification\/ additional processing fee to card processor applies);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">***Reminder \u2013 Our office is prohibited from providing legal advice. You may contact the Northern Kentucky Bar Association (Lawyer Referral Service) @ <span>(859<\/span><span>)\u00a0<\/span>781-1525 or for Civil Cases Legal Aid of the Bluegrass (Civil Legal Assistance) @ (859) 431-8200, or for Criminal Cases the Public Defender's Office 1-833-385-6054 or contact a private attorney.\u00a0 There is also a FREE Legal Help Center on the 2nd floor of the Justice Center on Wednesdays from 11 am until 2 pm.<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenton District Civil\/Probate Court 230 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor Covington,\u00a0Kentucky 41011 PHONE: (859) 292-6523 FAX: (859) 292-6611 Welcome to Kenton County District Civil\/Probate Court. \u00a0District civil includes: civil cases up to $5,000.00, Small claims (click here), Evictions (click here). Probate court includes: estates, Guardianships of minors (click here) and Name changes (click here). \u00a0Probate (click [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5491,"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/5491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentoncourtclerk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}