Bourbon County Circuit Court, Kentucky Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

The Circuit Clerk shall not release any Family Court video record of in-chamber interviews with children or other court proceeding closed by statute, rule or court order without a specific written order of a Family Court Judge.

The Circuit Clerk shall not release any Family Court video record of in-chamber interviews with children or other court proceeding closed by statute, rule or court order without a specific written order of a Family Court Judge.

CRITICAL

Adoption proceeding files and records may be inspected only by the specified parties and representatives unless the Family Court expressly permits inspection by order.

Pursuant to KRS 199.570(1)(a), the files and records of the Court during adoption proceedings shall not be open to inspection by persons other than parties to the proceedings, their attorneys, and representatives of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services acting in their official capacity without order of the Family Court expressly permitting inspection.

CRITICAL

Access to an unredacted sealed copy containing personal identifiers is restricted to the listed authorized persons.

The Circuit Clerk shall only permit access to the unredacted sealed copy of the pleading, document, or exhibit containing personal identifiers 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 order of the Court.

CRITICAL

Qualifying public officers and employees may use or distribute the information only for investigating or prosecuting offenses under Kentucky law.

Said public officer or employee shall use and distribute this information only for investigation or prosecution of offenses under the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Documents in a participant's Mental Health Court case file must remain confidential and may not be released.

Documents contained in a participant's Mental Health Court case file shall be confidential and shall not be released.

CRITICAL

The petitioner’s and any minor child’s addresses must not be made available to the public or the respondent, though CHFS representatives may access them when investigating a pending case.

Pursuant to KRS 403.770(1) the petitioner's address and the address of any minor child shall not be made available to the public, or to the person or persons named as the respondent in the protection order. Representatives of the CHFS may have access if investigating a pending case.

CRITICAL

When covered filings contain personal identifiers, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope.

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

The Circuit Clerk must seal specified temporary custody orders and background checks, limit inspection to the stated persons, and allow official Cabinet representatives access.

Temporary Custody Orders granted pursuant to KRS 199.473(7) and accompanying background checks shall be sealed by the Circuit Clerk and not opened to inspection by persons other than the parties to such proceedings and their counsel or by court order. Representatives of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services acting in their official capacity shall not be denied access.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Mental Health Court documents other than those listed for filing with the clerk must be kept confidential and under seal.

All other Mental Health Court documents shall be kept confidential and under seal:

CRITICAL

After final judgment in an adoption case, the Circuit Clerk must seal all case papers and records in an envelope, and they may be inspected only by written court order.

Pursuant to KRS 199.570(1)(b), upon the entry of the final judgment in the case, the Circuit Clerk shall place all papers and records in the case in a suitable envelope which shall be sealed and shall not be open for inspection by any person except on written order of the Court.

WARNING

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access is governed by the cited rules and 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 these rules and by KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340, KRS 625.045 and KRS 625.108.

WARNING

The written-order restriction in Rule 902(A) does not apply to qualifying public officers or employees when they certify their investigative or prosecutorial role.

Pursuant to KRS 610.340(2), Rule 902(A) shall not apply to public officers or employees engaged in the investigation and prosecution of cases under KRS Chapters 600 through 645 or other prosecutions authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as certified by that public officer or employee.