Boyd Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICALCivil cases

Temporary Custody Orders granted under KRS 199.473(7) must be sealed and may be inspected only by the parties and their counsel.

Temporary Custody Orders granted pursuant to KRS 199.473(7) shall be SEALED, and not opened to inspection by persons other than the parties to such proceedings and their counsel.

CRITICALCivil cases

Copies of in-chamber interviews with children must not be released without a written order.

Copies of in-chamber interviews with children shall not be released without written order.

CRITICALCivil cases

If educational records involving a minor child are introduced into evidence, they must be sealed and may not be released to anyone other than a party or attorney without Court Order.

C If any educational records involving a minor child are introduced into evidence, those records shall be sealed and not released to anyone other than a party or attorney without Court Order.

CRITICALCivil cases

When personal identifiers are required by statute or appear in other documents or exhibits, parties must file a redacted copy and a marked, sealed unredacted copy, which may be accessed only by authorized persons.

However, when personal identifiers are required by statute or contained in other documents or exhibits the parties shall comply with CR 7.03 by filing one copy from which the personal identifiers have been redacted and filing an unredacted copy in a marked and sealed envelope. The unredacted sealed copy may only be accessed by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court or other authorized court personnel.

CRITICALCivil cases

The petitioner's address must be redacted from the petition copy served on the respondent.

(ii) Attempt to locate the Respondent and serve said Respondent with copies of the Petition (with Petitioner's address redacted) and the EPO or TIPO and Summons;

CRITICAL

The copy of the Petition served on the respondent must have the petitioner's address redacted.

(ii) Attempt to locate the Respondent and serve said Respondent with copies of the Petition (with Petitioner's address redacted) and the EPO or TIPO and Summons;

CRITICALCivil cases

When a Circuit Court Family matter also involves a juvenile court matter, the portion of the Circuit Court file containing the juvenile matter must be sealed.

A. If the Circuit Court Family matter also involves a juvenile court matter, then that portion of the Circuit Court file which contains the juvenile matter must be sealed.

CRITICALCivil cases

If medical records for a party or the parties’ child are introduced into evidence, the portion of the file containing them must be sealed and may not be released to anyone other than a party or attorney without a Court Order.

B. If any medical records for any party or a child of the parties are introduced into evidence, the portion of the file maintaining medical records shall be sealed and not released to anyone other than a party or attorney without a Court Order.

CRITICALCivil cases

The petitioner's address must be redacted from the petition copy served on the respondent.

(iii) Attempt to locate the Respondent and serve said Respondent with copies of the Petition (with Petitioner's address redacted) and the EPO or TIPO and Summons;

WARNINGCivil cases

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions deemed confidential by statute do not need to be redacted.

Pleadings, documents, or exhibits filed in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted.