Shasta Superior Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

The in-camera hearing must be on the record, and its transcript must be ordered sealed.

The hearing shall be on the record, and the transcript of such hearing shall be ordered sealed.

Rule 13.04 applications, supporting documents, and orders must be filed in the confidential portion of the corresponding case file.

All applications, including all supporting documentation, submitted and all orders made under the provisions of this rule are to be filed in the confidential portion of the files to which they pertain.

After the hearing, the evaluator's report must be placed in a confidential envelope in the court file and disclosed only to the expressly authorized persons.

Reports from child custody evaluators shall be placed in a confidential envelope in the court file upon completion of the hearing, and may not be disclosed to anyone except the following persons: (a) a party to the proceeding and his or her attorney of record; (b) an attorney appointed for the child pursuant to Family Code section 3150; (c) those additional persons set forth in Family Code section 3025.5; and (d) any other person upon order of the court for good cause.

Authorized report recipients must preserve confidentiality, use the report only in the pending litigation, and may not disseminate copies, disclose it to unauthorized persons, or attach it to a pleading.

Those persons entitled to disclosure of the report shall preserve the confidentiality of the document. Use of the report shall be limited to the pending litigation and no person who has access to the report shall make copies for dissemination or disclose its contents to any child who is the subject of the report or to anyone else not entitled to access, nor shall the parties attach such document to any pleading in the pending litigation or in any other litigation or proceeding.