Campbell Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Criminal cases

Mental Health Court proceedings must be confidential and closed unless the judge authorizes otherwise; participant case-file documents must remain confidential and may not be released except as specified in Section 18.

(1) Mental Health Court proceedings shall be confidential and all proceedings shall be closed unless otherwise authorized by the Mental Health Court judge. (2) Documents contained in a participant's Mental Health Court case file shall be confidential and shall not be released other than those documents specified in Section 18 of these rules.

Diversion Program records are confidential and may be released only to Program staff or Circuit Judges for program review and supervision, or to others with the accused’s written consent or the presiding Judge’s permission.

All records of the Diversion Program will be deemed confidential except for the Program staff and the Circuit Judges for purposes of program review and supervision and will be released to no other person or agency without the written consent of the accused or the presiding Judge.

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

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(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. 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 orders of the court.

Mediation program records are privileged and confidential, and may be released only to program staff or the Chief District Judge for review and supervision, with the parties’ written consent, or as provided in paragraph C.

H. All records of the mediation program shall be privileged and exempt from subpoena and will be deemed confidential except for the program staff and the Chief District Judge for purposes of program review and supervision and will be released to no other person or agency without the written consent of the parties to the dispute or as provided in paragraph C above.