Kentucky Circuit Court 53

Court

Kentucky Circuit Court 53

Kentucky Circuit Court 53 is one of 57 circuit courts in Kentucky. It serves Anderson, Shelby, and Spencer counties.

Judges

• Division 1: Charles R. Hickman (Vice-chief regional circuit judge and chief circuit judge)
• Division 2: Marie Hellard (Family court judge)

Former judges

• John David Myles

See also

• Kentucky counties
• Courts in Kentucky
• Kentucky Circuit Courts
• Kentucky Family Court

External links

• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judicial Directories"
• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Circuit Court Overview"
• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Family Court Overview"
• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judicial Circuits Map"

Kentucky courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky

State courts:

Kentucky Supreme Court • Kentucky Court of Appeals • Kentucky Circuit Courts • Kentucky District Courts • Kentucky Family Court

State resources:

Courts in Kentucky • Kentucky judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kentucky

Elections

See also: Kentucky judicial elections

Kentucky is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.

• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2015
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2012
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

Judges of the Kentucky Circuit Courts are elected to eight-year terms in nonpartisan elections. They must run for re-election if they wish to serve subsequent terms.

The chief judge is selected by his or her peers and serves a two-year term.

Qualifications
In order to serve on this court, a judge must be:

• a U.S. citizen;
• a resident of the represented district for at least two years; and
• licensed to practice law for at least eight years.

Election rules

Primary election

All candidates participate in nonpartisan primaries. If more than two candidates compete in a race, the two with the highest number of votes advance to the general election.