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2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 454 - Miscellaneous civil practice provisions
454.472 Dismissal of cause of action in whole or part.

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KY Rev Stat § 454.472 (2025)
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454.472 Dismissal of cause of action in whole or part. (1) (2) (3) In ruling on a motion under KRS 454.464, the court shall dismiss with prejudice a cause of action, or part of a cause of action, if: (a) The moving party establishes under KRS 454.462(1) that KRS 454.460 to 454.478 applies; (b) The responding party fails to establish under KRS 454.462(2) that KRS 454.460 to 454.478 does not apply; and (c) Either: 1. The responding party fails to establish a prima facie case as to each essential element of the cause of action; or 2. The moving party establishes that: a. The responding party failed to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted; or b. There is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the cause of action or part of the action. A voluntary dismissal without prejudice of a responding party's cause of action, or part of a cause of action, that is the subject of a motion under KRS 454.464 does not affect a moving party's right to obtain a ruling on the motion and seek costs, attorney's fees, and expenses under KRS 454.478. A voluntary dismissal with prejudice of a responding party's cause of action, or part of a cause of action, that is the subject of a motion under KRS 454.464 establishes for the purpose of KRS 454.478 that the moving party prevailed on the motion. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2022.
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