Shelby Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Mediation documents and communications, other than signed agreements, are confidential and generally may not be disclosed, discovered, or admitted into evidence, subject to exceptions under the rule or a court order for good cause.

i). Except as otherwise provided by this rule or ordered by the Court for good cause shown, all mediation documents and mediation communications except signed agreements are confidential and shall not be disclosed. They are not subject to disclosure through discovery or any other process and are not admissible into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.

CRITICAL

Mediation proceedings are not public records unless the Court enters them into the record.

ii). No part of the mediation proceedings shall be considered a public record, unless entered into the record by the Court.

WARNING

Confidentiality and disclosure restrictions do not apply to the extent all parties consent in writing; the excerpt ends before the other stated exception is complete.

Ill). There is no confidentiality and no restriction on disclosure under this rule to the extent that: a. All parties consent in writing to disclosure; or