“Our hard work and sacrifice are paying off. While we still have many challenges ahead, we’re climbing back to solid ground and are poised to improve services across all levels of the court system,” the chief justice said.
 

Minton said technology is key to long-term viability of the court system. He told the joint committee about new applications and tools being launched by the Administrative Office of the Courts. After years of planning and programming, he said Kentucky is joining the federal courts and other state courts that offer the ability to file court cases electronically to save time and money.
 
The eFiling system will be available, said Minton, in all 120 counties by the end of 2015. In addition, the new CourtNet 2.0 application pairs the ability to access Kentucky civil and criminal cases online with sophisticated search and security functions. “Now that our efforts are coming to fruition, it’s exciting to see how these sophisticated new resources are going to revolutionize the practice of law in Kentucky,” he said.