Oldham Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

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

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

CRITICAL

Temporary Custody Orders under KRS 199.473(7) must be sealed and unavailable for inspection by anyone other than 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.

CRITICAL

Access to the unredacted sealed copy is limited to the listed case participants, authorized personnel, and persons specifically authorized by court order.

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 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.

CRITICAL

Unless the statutory-confidentiality exception applies, parties must file a redacted copy and an unredacted copy in a marked, sealed envelope when covered filings contain personal identifiers.

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.

CRITICAL

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

WARNING

The stated Section 904 restriction does not apply to public officers or employees.

Pursuant to KRS 610.340(2), this shall not apply to public officers or employees

WARNING

Filings in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access to those files is governed by the cited 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 the 12th Judicial Family Court Rule 504 and by KRS 199.570, KRS 610.340, KRS 625.045, and KRS 625.108.