Breathitt Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

When filed material contains personal identifiers, parties must file a redacted copy for the record and a separate unredacted copy designated to be sealed, as required by CR 7.03.

However, where personal identifiers are required by statute or contained in other documents or exhibits filed with the Court, parties shall comply with CR 7.03 by filing one copy from which any personal data has been redacted for the record and filing an unredacted copy designed to be sealed.

The Circuit Court Clerk’s Offices must not release copies of family court videos of in-chambers interviews with children without a specific written order from the presiding family court judge.

The Circuit Court Clerk's Offices in the 39" Judicial Circuit shall not release any copies of family court video in chamber interviews with children without a specific written order from the presiding family court judge.

The clerk must provide a marked envelope in the specified records, place designated unredacted documents in it when filed, and keep the envelope from unauthorized persons.

C. The clerk of the court shall place a marked envelope for filing sealed documents in each unsealed record filed under the jurisdiction of the 39th Judicial Circuit when the action is commenced or when unredacted documents are filed and have been designated as containing personal identifying information to be sealed. The clerk shall place the unredacted documents in the envelope when filed, and shall not release the envelope to any unauthorized person.

Access to an unredacted sealed copy containing personal identifiers is limited to the listed parties, court personnel, authorized Cabinet personnel, and persons authorized by court order.

B. The clerk of the court shall allow the unredacted sealed copy of the pleading. document, or exhibit containing personal identifiers to be assessed only by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court or other authorized or 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 orders of the Court.