Lewis County Circuit Court, Kentucky Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Temporary Custody Orders granted 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 open to inspection by persons other than the parties to such proceedings and their Counsel.

CRITICAL

For filings containing personal identifiers, parties must file one copy with personal data redacted and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope, subject to the exception in paragraph B.

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-stated 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 un redacted copy in a marked and sealed envelope.

CRITICAL

The Clerk's Office must not release a Family Division video of an in-chambers interview with a child without a specific written order from the Family Court Judge.

Pursuant to FCRPP 17, the Greenup/Lewis County Circuit Court Clerk's Office shall not release any Greenup/Lewis Family Division video in-chamber interviews with children without a specific written order of the Family Court Judge.

CRITICAL

The Clerk's Office must not release copies of confidential Family Court video records without a specific written order from the presiding Family Court Judge; paternity actions are excepted.

The Greenup/Lewis County Circuit Court Clerk's Office shall not release any copies of Greenup/Lewis Family Court confidential video records, except for paternity actions, without a specific written order from the presiding Family Court Judge.

CRITICAL

Access to an unredacted sealed copy containing personal identifiers is restricted to the listed case participants, authorized personnel, and persons specifically 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.

WARNING

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access to those files is governed by the specified rules and statutes.

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 these local rules and by KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340, KRS 625.045 and KRS 625.108.