Request By:
Rustin Don Landon
Reedonna Helen Landon
11344 Goldfinch Way
Leesburg, FL 34788Henry M. Griffin
Daviess Circuit Court Judge
Judicial Center
100 East Second Street
Owensboro, KY 42303Sara Dent
Staff Attorney
Administrative Office of the Courts
100 Millcreek Park
Frankfort, KY 40601
Opinion
Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General; James M. Ringo, Assistant Attorney General
Open Records Decision
This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open records appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that the Daviess Circuit Court is not bound by the provisions of the Kentucky Open Records Act, and therefore cannot be said to have violated the Act in its disposition of the open records request of Rustin Don Landon and Reedonna Helen Landon for production of court records relating to their April 24, 1997 hearing before the Daviess Circuit Court. We believe that 98-ORD-6, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference, is controlling.
A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.