Owen County Courts, Indiana Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Upon the Court granting a protective order, a summary of the protected information must be sealed and preserved in the case record.

Upon order of the Court granting such relief, a summary of the protected information, shall be sealed and preserved in the record of the case.

Parties generally may access Family Court proceeding cases, but not confidential cases or records in which they are not a party; confidential records must retain their status and be excluded from the public record.

Access to Records Parties to a Family Court proceeding shall have access to all cases within the Family Court Proceeding, with the exception of confidential cases or records to which they are not a party. Parties may seek access to the confidential cases or records in another case within the Family Court proceeding in which they are not a party, by written petition based on relevancy and need. Confidential records shall retain their confidential status and the Family Court shall direct that confidential records not be included in the public record of the proceedings.