Estate of Cline v. Weddle

Opinion of the Court by

Justice MINTON.

Aside from the rule providing for automatic stays in the execution or enforcement of judgments in limited situations, 1 the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure (CR) do not mention the type of stay orders that trial courts occasionally issue to halt proceedings in cases appearing on their dockets. But it would be fair to say that our limited decisional law on the subject regards such stays with some disfavor, holding that a trial court abuses its discretion by ordering a stay of indefinite duration in the absence of a pressing need.

In this appeal, we hold…