Trinity Superior Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Evaluator reports must be designated confidential in the case management system and may be disclosed only to the listed persons, or to another person by court order for good cause.

Reports from child custody evaluators shall be placed into the case management system as a confidential document, 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 §3150; (c) those additional persons set forth in Family Code §3025.5; and (d) any other person upon order of the court for good cause.

Civil cases

Individuals granted access to DPSS records must not disclose the identity of anyone who reported suspected child abuse or neglect.

The above listed individuals granted access to DPSS records and files shall not disclose orally or in writing any information regarding the identity of any person making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect. (Pen. Code, §11167, subd. (d).)

Applications, supporting documentation, and orders under Rule 11.03 must be filed in the confidential portion of the relevant files.

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.

The ex parte 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.

Authorized recipients must preserve the report's confidentiality and use it only in the pending litigation; copying it for dissemination, unauthorized disclosure, and attaching it to pleadings are prohibited.

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.

An ex parte 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.

Civil cases

Records and information obtained must remain in the confidential portion of the family law file and may be disclosed only as ordered by the court.

Any records or information obtained shall be maintained solely in the confidential portion of the family law file and may only be released or disclosed as ordered by the family law Court. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §827.10, subd. (d).)

Evaluator reports must be kept confidential, disclosed only to authorized persons (or others by court order for good cause), used only in the pending litigation, and not copied for dissemination or attached to pleadings; inappropriate disclosure is subject to substantial sanctions.

Reports from child custody evaluators shall be placed into the case management system as a confidential document, 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 §3150; (c) those additional persons set forth in Family Code §3025.5; and (d) any other person upon order of the court for good cause. 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. Substantial sanctions shall be imposed for inappropriate disclosure.

Inappropriate disclosure of an evaluator report is subject to substantial sanctions.

Substantial sanctions shall be imposed for inappropriate disclosure.

Applications and their supporting documents, as well as orders under the rule, must be filed in the confidential portion of the relevant files.

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.