(1) The appearance of an attorney-at-law on behalf of any party is permitted but not required.
(2) No party may file an assigned claim or a class action in the division.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 24A.240

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(3) No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation engaged, either primarily or secondarily, in the business of lending money at interest, nor any collection agency or collection agent, may bring an action in the division in furtherance of their business.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an executor or administrator of a decedent‘s estate, a guardian, a trustee or a conservator may be a party in the division.
History: Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 6.