Wayne County Courts, Indiana Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Guardian ad litem reports are confidential and may not be shown or disclosed to the child, family members, or others, but the party’s attorney may discuss the report with the party.

Any report of the guardian ad litem, whether interim or final, is confidential and shall not be shown or its contents divulged, directly or indirectly, including by way of Facebook, email, text message, Twitter, Snapchat, other social media, blogs, podcast, radio, television, or by any other application or method, to the child, family member, or any other person. This Rule shall not in any manner prohibit the party’s attorney from discussing the report with the party in detail.

WARNING

The Court may seal Financial Declaration Forms upon proper motion when privacy requires, but sealing requests must not be routine; sealed forms must be handled as specified and may be withdrawn at the case’s conclusion on terms the Court allows.

Whenever the interest of privacy so requires, the Court may, upon proper Motion, direct that the Financial Declaration Form(s) be sealed until further order of the court. However, such request(s) shall not be made as a matter of course. When ordered sealed, the Court Reporter shall place the Financial Declaration Form(s) in a flat manner in an envelope of sufficient size, seal the envelope, and affix a copy of the Order directing that the Financial Declaration Form(s) be placed under seal. Financial Declaration Form(s) may be withdrawn at the conclusion of the case on such terms as the Court may allow.