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Kentucky Courts Need To Update Their Records System

March 01, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein

Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton is warning lawmakers that failure to update the state court system’s electronic filing system could have “catastrophic consequences.”

“We’re a Gutenberg operation in a Google world,” Minton said.

He asked lawmakers before the House Appropriation and Revenue Committee for the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts to have the authority to issue $28.1 million worth of bonds to fund a new electronic filing and docket management system.

“I come to ask the help of the General Assembly in financing this project in a way that will not require a direct appropriation,” Minton said.

Kentucky’s court system uses a case management system based on technology that’s 25 years old and runs on programs more than 10 years old, Minton said.

“Our failure to move on this, and move quickly, can have catastrophic consequences,” Minton said. “System failures would be a catastrophe, not just for the judicial branch, but for all of our justice partners, for law enforcement and all those in the system, and the public, citizens of Kentucky, that rely on us.”

 

 


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