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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE
.Rule 301Presumptions in general in civil actions and proceedings

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Rule 301 Presumptions in general in civil actions and proceedings In all civil actions and proceedings when not otherwise provided for by statute or by these <br>rules, a presumption imposes on the party against whom it is directed the burden of going <br>forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption, but does not shift to such party <br>the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of nonpersuasion, which remains throughout <br>the trial upon the party on whom it was originally cast. Effective: July 1, 1992 <br>History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 9; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.

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