Tippecanoe County Courts, Indiana Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Minor-approval-to-marry petitions must be filed as confidential cases and require civil filing fees.

MI cases involving Petitions for Order Granting Minor Approval to Marry under I.C. 31-11-1-7 shall be filed as a confidential case in Tippecanoe Superior Court No. 3 with payment of civil filing fees.

CRITICAL

Waiver-of-parental-consent petitions must be filed as confidential cases without filing fees.

JM cases involving Petitions for Waiver of Parental Consent to Abortion under I.C. 16-34-2-4 shall be filed in Tippecanoe Superior Court No. 3 as a confidential case without payment of filing fees.

CRITICAL

The Risk Report may be accessed by the parties but not by the public.

Said report shall be discoverable to the parties but shall not be accessible to the public.

CRITICAL

Screening tools must be maintained by Tippecanoe County Community Corrections and may not be disclosed to the parties without a court order; they may be destroyed one year after the Defendant’s release, consistent with the stated retention schedule.

The screening tools administered to the Eligible Defendants outlined herein shall not be disclosed to the parties without a court order, shall be maintained by Tippecanoe County Community Corrections, and may be destroyed one (1) year after the Defendant’s release from the Pre- Trial Program consistent with the retention schedule for records related to Work Release and/or Home Detention.

WARNING

The court may order admitted forms sealed upon motion when privacy requires, but sealing requests should not be routine; sealed forms must be placed flat in a sufficiently sized envelope with a copy of the order, and may be withdrawn at the case’s conclusion on court-approved terms.

D. Privacy/Sealing of Forms. A court may, upon motion, order the admitted forms be sealed whenever the interest of privacy so requires. However, such requests shall not be made as a matter of course. When ordered sealed, the Court Reporter shall place the Forms in a flat manner in an envelope of sufficient size, seal the envelope, and affix a copy of the order. Forms may be withdrawn at the conclusion of the case on such terms as the court allows.

WARNING

Probate filings are generally public; unnecessary personal information need not be included unless required by law or circumstances, and required confidential information must be handled under Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5.

Most probate actions, except MH and AD cases, are matters of public record and the files thereof are open to review by the general public, subject to excluded and confidential information. Unless required by law or dictated by circumstances of the case, filings with the court need not include dates of birth, social security numbers, or other information which is not necessary for probate administration. If confidential information is required, the parties shall comply with Ind. Access to Court Records, Rule 5.