Kenton Circuit Clerk
Kenton County
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About visiting the probate court
About visiting the probate court
Reviews
Called about infor mation on my license got everything I needed real quick real helpful no problems.
Extremely rude!!!! Will not answer questions and treat everyone like children or criminals. I hope I’m never as miserable as these ladies.
They never have the phones on or answer the phones. Knowing peoples lives can be messed up if they miss court. This kinda stuff just pisses me off. I’ve been trying to call them for 15 minutes now.
I’m just putting this as an FYI out there to all parents that enters this courthouse. I’ve never been in court in any other county so I’m not sure if it’s routine or what. I know that mediation for custody is routine and mandatory for 1 of 2 family court judges. However, if you have concerns with the other parent having 50/50 custody; substance abuse, alcoholism, unfit, safety issues, instability, etc., from my experience; the mediator(s) (These parent’s had two) will persuade and insist that you must agree to the other parent having “more” parenting/visiting days so that he/she will “fall on their face” with the time. Meaning, if this parent is as bad as you say, you will agree to he/she having 3-5 days a week + several overnights and let them prove they’re bad. Completely avoiding the actual safety risks that puts the child in harms way, they will tell you that this is the way to go to prove yourself. They will tell you that you do not want to go to court because the other parent will get 50/50 despite the concerns, and this is the easier way out. They will calculate up the hours in a week, split it for 50/50 vs what you are agreeing to, and tell you that this is so much less time for the other parent. You will sign the order and it’s very difficult to get out of it. When you go in front of the judge and try to bring up all of the said issues, the judge will tell you that if these issues were so concerning, you should have never signed an agreed order for other parent to have the child unsupervised x amount of days of the week. You will NOT be permitted to explain yourself. The order will remain in effect and even if the other parent had fallen on their face, they don’t care. If you have a case similar to the one I witnessed, and you go to mediation a second time or third time, the mediator and others will yet again, tell you to agree to all of this parenting time for the parent to “fall on their face” and screw it up... again... supposedly. The fit parent that I knew, WISED UP. They did NOT agree to more “bait” of an agreement. THIS IS HOW THEY GET THE OTHER UNSTABLE/UNSAFE PARENT 50/50 CUSTODY AND ONCE YOU HAVE IT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF THE ORDER.
