Franklin Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Civil cases

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

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.

Civil cases

Tax returns exchanged for discovery must not be filed with the Circuit Clerk or made public.

Complete Federal Income Tax Returns with schedules and the first full page of the party's State Income Tax Returns for the three previous calendar years (for the sake of confidentiality, these tax returns shall only be exchanged between parties for the purpose of discovery, and shall not be filed with the Circuit Clerk nor be made public record in any way);

Civil cases

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

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.