Ballard Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Except as provided in paragraph B, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope when covered filings contain personal identifiers.

However, except as set forth in paragraph B below, where personal identifiers are required by statute or contained in other documents or exhibits filed with the court pursuant to the above- stated chapters, parties shall comply with CR 7.03(1)(b) by filing one copy from which any personal data has been redacted and filing an unredacted copy in a marked and sealed envelope.

CRITICAL

Access to the unredacted sealed copy is restricted to the listed authorized persons; the final listed category is cut off in the source.

The clerk of the court shall allow the unredacted sealed copy of the pleading, document, or exhibit containing personal identifiers to be accessed only by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court or other authorized court personnel, a duly authorized employee or agent of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services involved in child support matters attendant to the case, or a person authorized to view the copy by specific

WARNING

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions made confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access to those files is governed by the cited statutes.

Pleadings, documents, or exhibits filed in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and any access to those files shall be governed by KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340. KRS 625.045 and KRS 625.108.