Henry County Circuit Court, Kentucky Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Temporary custody orders 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.

When personal identifiers are required or included in covered filings, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope; access to the sealed copy is restricted, but filings in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted.

However, except as set forth in paragraph B below, where personal identifiers are required by statute or contained in other documents or exhibits filed with the court pursuant to the above-styled chapters, 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 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 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. As used in the section, "personal identifier" means Social Security number, taxpayer identification number, date of birth, or financial account number. B. Pleadings, documents, or exhibits filed in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and any access to those files shall be governed by the 12"h Judicial Family Court Rule 504 and by KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340, KRS 625.045, and KRS 625.108.

All adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings are confidential.

All Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights proceedings shall be confidential.

The Clerk’s Office may not release copies of confidential Family Court video records without a specific written order from the Family Court Judge.

The 12'h Judicial Circuit Court Clerk's Office shall not release any copies of 12"h Judicial Family Court confidential video records without a specific written order from the Family Court Judge.