Martin County Circuit Court, Kentucky Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

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 for inspection by persons other than the parties to such proceedings and their counsel.

CRITICAL

Pleadings must provide legally required personal identifiers, while filings containing personal identifiers must include a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope; access to the sealed copy is restricted to specified persons.

In addition, all pleadings personal identifying information required in those chapters. However, except as set forth in must comply with the requirements of KRS Chapters 205, 403, 405, 406 and 407 by providing the documents or exhibits filed with the Court pursuant to the above-stated chapters, parties shall Paragraph B below, where personal identifiers are required by Statute or contained in other by filing an unreducted copy in a marked and sealed envelope. The Clerk of the Court shall allow comply with CR 7.03(1)(b) by filing one copy from which any personal data has been redacted and be accessed only by a party to the case, an attorney of record in the case. the Judge of the Court or the unredacted sealed copy of the pleading, document, or exhibit containing personal identifiers to Family Services involved in child support matters attendant to the case, or a person authorized to other authorized Court personnel, a duly authorized employee or agent of the Cabinet for Health and view the copy by specific order(s) of the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Program records and contract-related statements are confidential and generally protected from disclosure, subject to access by specified officials, release with prior written consent, and disclosure to the victim about participation.

D. All Program records and all statements made by a defendant to the pretrial officer regarding the contract shall be privileged; shall not be admissible or discoverable for any purpose; shall be exempt from subpoena; and shall be deemed confidential. However, Program staff, the trial judge, and the chief district judge may access the information for purposes of Program review, monitoring and supervision. The information shall not be released to any other person or entity without prior written consent of the trial judge or the defendant. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit release of information to the victim regarding a defendant's participation in the Program.

CRITICAL

The Clerk’s offices may not release a Family Division video of an in-chamber child interview without a specific written order from the Family Court Judge.

Pursuant to FCRPP 17, the 24h Circuit Court Clerk's offices shall not release any Family Division video of in-chamber interviews with a child without a specific written Order of the Family Court Judge.

CRITICAL

Confidential Family Court video records may not be released without a written order, except for the specified authorized public officers or employees; those requesting an order must file a motion, notify all parties including any child’s Guardian ad Litem, and state the reason and proposed use.

The 24" Circuit Count Clerk's offices shall not release any copies of Family Court confidential video Requests for Confidential Video Records records without a specific written Order from the presiding Family Court Judge. An individual Guardian ad Litem, if any, and set forth the reason for the request and proposed use thereof. requesting such an Order must file a written motion, with Notice to all parties, including the child's Except that, pursuant to KRS 610.340(2), this shall not apply to public officers or employees prosecutions authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as certified by that public officer or engaged in the investigation and prosecution of cases under KRS Chapters 600 through 645 or other investigation or prosecution of offenses under the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

WARNING

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions made confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access is governed by the cited 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 KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340, KRS 625.045, and KRS 625.108.