Hart County Circuit Court, Kentucky Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Parties must redact personal identifiers in other documents, pleadings, or exhibits when required by statute or present in those materials, in accordance with Civil Rule 7.03(1)(b).

6. In any other documents, pleadings, or exhibits where personal identifiers are required by statute or are contained therein, the parties shall redact the personal identifiers in accordance with Civil Rule 7.03(1)(b).

Clerk - please seal this Order

Clerk - please seal this Order

When statute requires personal identifiers in a dissolution or custody petition, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope.

3. Whenever personal identifiers are required by statute to be identified in the petition for dissolution of marriage or the petition for custody and/or time-sharing/visitation, the parties shall comply with Civil Rule 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.

Access to the specified unredacted sealed documents is restricted to the listed parties, counsel and their staff, and the judge and the judge's staff.

5. The Circuit Clerk shall allow the unredacted sealed copies of the petition for dissolution of marriage, the petition for custody and/or time-sharing/visitation, and the child support order to be accessed only by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case, the staff of an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court, and/or the judge's staff.

All child support orders must be sealed as directed to the Circuit Clerk's Office.

4. In regard to all child support orders, the parties shall provide directions to the Circuit Clerk's Office under the 'DISTRIBUTION" heading to seal the child support order. See Local Rule 901(C.).

For specified dissolution and custody petitions containing statutorily required personal identifiers, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope.

3. Whenever personal identifiers are required by statute to be identified in the petition for dissolution of marriage or the petition for custody and/or time-sharing/visitation, the parties shall comply with Civil Rule 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.

For every child support order, the parties must direct the Circuit Clerk's Office under the “DISTRIBUTION” heading to seal the order.

4. In regard to all child support orders, the parties shall provide directions to the Circuit Clerk's Office under the "DISTRIBUTION" heading to seal the child support order. See Local Rule 901(C.).

Access to the specified unredacted sealed petitions and child support orders is limited to parties, counsel and their staff, and the judge and the judge's staff.

5. The Circuit Clerk shall allow the unredacted sealed copies of the petition for dissolution of marriage, the petition for custody and/or time-sharing/visitation, and the child support order to be accessed only by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case, the staff of an attorney of record in the case, a judge of the court, and/or the judge's staff.