Find Union County Court Dockets

Union County Court Dockets Defined

A docket is the court's running list of case events and scheduled actions. In Union County, a docket may show the case number, court level, hearing date, filing date, motion, order, disposition event, payment event, or next setting. It helps a reader track what happened and what is scheduled next. It does not always include the full text of a motion, order, transcript, report, video recording, or exhibit.

Union County dockets are produced by the same trial-court structure that creates the full court record. Circuit Court hears felonies, civil matters over $5,000, divorce, contested probate, real-property title disputes, injunctions, and appeals from District Court. Family Court is a Circuit Court division for family and child-related matters. District Court handles traffic, misdemeanors, violations, juvenile matters, probate of wills, arraignments, felony probable-cause hearings, small claims, mental-health commitments, and domestic violence matters.

Docket

A list of court events, filings, settings, and outcomes.

Disposition

The final outcome of a charge, claim, motion, or case.

Continuance

A hearing or setting moved to a later date.

Certified copy

A clerk-authenticated copy used for official proof.

How to Find Union County Dockets

There is no research-supported single free Union County portal that publishes every trial-court docket and document. The public online channel most useful for many users is Kentucky Easy Pay, which can search payable cases by case, citation, or party. Full CourtNet and eFiling access runs through KYeCourts, but that public login requires credentials and should not be treated as open document access for every user.

For current docket questions, use the Kentucky Court of Justice Union County page and then contact the Union County Circuit Court Clerk. Circuit Court docket questions can go to 270-389-1811. District Court docket questions can go to 270-389-0800. The clerk is also the route for older dockets, stored files, certified docket sheets, and cases that are sealed, confidential, or not visible online.

1. Identify whether the case is Circuit, Family, or District Court based on case type.
2. Search Easy Pay if the matter may be payable by case number, citation details, or party name and birth date.
3. Use KYeCourts only if you have a valid account for the Kentucky court application you need.
4. Call the Circuit Court Clerk to confirm the next court date, docket status, or copy process.
5. Ask the clerk for case and file locator numbers if an older docket is stored at a record facility.

Union County Court Schedule

The KCOJ Union County schedule gives a useful starting point for docket timing. These schedule blocks do not prove that a specific case is set on a specific date, but they show how Union County calendars are grouped. Parties should still verify the exact hearing with the clerk, counsel, or the notice issued by the court.

Note: A schedule block is not a substitute for a case-specific notice or clerk confirmation.

Sample Union County Docket Entry

The research did not capture a live Union County docket-entry sample, so the field inventory is based on KCOJ's definition of court case records and the public search structure. A docket entry is usually narrower than a full document. It may show that a motion was filed or an order was entered, while the actual text must be requested from the clerk if public and available.

Union County Courts With Dockets

Union County sits in Kentucky's 5th Judicial Circuit and 5th Judicial District. The KCOJ page lists Daniel M. Heady as Chief Circuit Judge, Brandi H. Rogers as Family Court Judge, Ben Leonard as District Court Judge, and Jo Sheridan as Circuit Court Clerk. These court levels share the same local clerk access point for case-record questions, but they do not hear the same kinds of matters.

• Union Circuit Court dockets cover felonies, major civil matters, divorce, contested probate, real-property title disputes, injunctions, and District Court appeals.
• Union Family Court dockets cover child support, private attorney domestic matters, domestic violence, dependency, neglect, and family cases.
• Union District Court dockets cover traffic, misdemeanors, violations, juvenile, probate of wills, small claims, mental health, arraignments, and probable-cause hearings.
• Kentucky appellate dockets for Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases are handled through appellate public access or appellate clerks.

Juvenile docket information should be treated with care. KRS 610.340 makes juvenile court records confidential unless a specific statute or court order permits disclosure.

Union County Dockets vs Records

A docket is the roadmap of a case. The full Union County court record is the file behind that roadmap. KCOJ says court case records may include criminal citations, pleadings, motions, orders, evidence, reports, dockets, video recordings, and transcripts. A docket may reveal that those items exist, but the clerk determines whether copies can be inspected, copied, certified, redacted, or withheld.

For a broader file search, use the local Union County court records access path and then request the specific docket sheet or document needed.

Reading Union County Docket Terms

Docket language can be short. "Pending" means the case is still open. "Disposed" means a final event such as judgment, dismissal, plea, sentence, or other final order has been entered. "Continued" means a hearing was reset. "Transferred" means the case moved to another court or division. "Sealed" means public access is blocked by statute or order.

Criminal dockets can include arraignment, bond, plea, motion, probable-cause, disposition, sentence, restitution, and fine or cost entries. Civil dockets can include complaint, summons, answer, motion, order, judgment, garnishment, lien, or satisfaction entries. Family and juvenile docket entries can be more restricted because personal safety, child, adoption, and dependency matters may contain confidential information.