{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Judicial Branch is shutting down for one day next week for the first of three furlough days in 2012. All court services will be unavailable and courthouses will be closed on August 6th as the Judicial Branch takes a day off to balance its budget. Non-elected court personnel will be off work without pay. The other two furlough days this year are September 4th and October 15th. In addition to courts, other services unavailable on those days will be driver's licenses, pretrial services, bond processing and release orders. However, existing after-hours protocol will be followed for processing domestic violence orders and emergency protective orders. The judiciary's 2013 budget, which ends next June 30th, saw a reduction of $25.2 million.
