Ky. Sup. Ct. Order 2024-40 § 12

Transfer of Office; Use of Proof and Performance of Duties of

Predecessor.

(1) Upon the death, termination or removal of a master commissioner, all

books, papers, account information, case files and other documents related to

the office of master commissioner shall be immediately transferred to the

circuit judge for whom the master commissioner served and immediate notice

shall be given to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Department of

Financial Services. In a single-judge circuit, if termination is due to the death,

resignation, or permanent replacement of the circuit judge who appointed the

master commissioner, said documents shall be transferred pursuant to the

order of the chief regional circuit judge.

(2) The master commissioner or receiver may use any proof reduced to writing

and signed by his or her predecessor, and may execute any order or judgment

which it was the duty of the predecessor to have executed, and which remains

unexecuted.