Putnam v. Fanning

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

We have heretofore denied temporary relief sought by the petitioner to prevent the entry of a decree of dissolution (KRS 403.140) in a divorce case before determination of the other important issues, including maintenance (KRS 403.160) and disposition of property (KRS 403.190). The decree, though signed and delivered to the clerk of the circuit court, had not yet been physically noted in the civil docket as required by CR 58 and CR 79.01, but the duty of the clerk to make the notation “forthwith upon receipt of the signed judgment or order” (CR 58) is a ministerial…