Nelson Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICALCivil cases

Parties must redact statutory or included personal identifiers from other documents, pleadings, and exhibits 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).

CRITICALCivil cases

Access to the specified unredacted sealed documents is limited to the listed parties, counsel and staff, and court personnel.

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.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Documents in a participant's Mental Health Court case file must remain confidential and may not be released except for documents specified in Section 18.

Documents contained in a participant's Mental Health Court case file shall be confidential and shall not be released other than those documents specified in Section 18 of these Rules.

CRITICALCivil cases

Access to the specified unredacted sealed petitions and child support order is limited to the listed parties, attorneys and their staff, and judicial officers and their 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.

CRITICALCivil cases

Child support orders must be sealed as directed by the parties under the DISTRIBUTION heading.

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.

CRITICALCivil cases

In other documents, pleadings, or exhibits, parties must redact personal identifiers that are statutorily required or present in the 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).

CRITICALCivil cases

When a statute requires personal identifiers in specified dissolution or custody petitions, 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.

CRITICALCivil cases

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.).

CRITICALCivil cases

For the specified petitions when statutes require 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.

WARNINGCivil cases

The clerk is asked to seal the order.

Clerk - please seal this Order