Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

In the specified family court actions, an abuse victim's address and other contact information must be kept confidential, but the victim's name is excepted.

6. Abuse victim's address and other contact information, including employer's name, address and work schedule, in family court actions as defined by Pa.R.Civ.P. 1931(a), except for victim's name.

CRITICAL

The addendum and any additional pages may be provided only to the court and must remain confidential.

This addendum, and any additional pages, shall only be provided to the court and shall remain confidential.

CRITICAL

Provide confidential information to the court only when required by law, ordered by the court, or otherwise necessary to dispose of the matter.

Therefore, only provide confidential information to the court when it is required by law, ordered by the court or is otherwise necessary to effect the disposition of a matter.

CRITICAL

Do not include confidential information in any other document filed under the docket.

• Do not include confidential information in any other document filed with the court under this docket.

WARNING

An active financial account number may be identified by its last four digits only when the account is at issue and cannot otherwise be identified.

2. Financial Account Numbers, except an active financial account number may be identified by the last four digits when the financial account is the subject of the case and cannot otherwise be identified.

WARNING

The best way to protect confidential information is not to provide it to the court.

The best way to protect confidential information is not to provide it to the court.

WARNING

The Confidential Information Form and its additional pages must remain confidential, but are available to the parties, counsel of record, the court, and the custodian.

This form, and any additional pages, shall remain confidential, except that it shall be available to the parties, counsel of record, the court, and the custodian.

WARNING

A minor's name and date of birth are confidential, except when the minor is charged as a defendant in a criminal matter.

5. Minors' names and dates of birth except when a minor is charged as a defendant in a criminal matter (see 42 Pa.C.S. § 6355). "Minor" is a person under the age of eighteen.

WARNING

For a noncompliant filing, a court may order sealing, redaction, or amendment, and a court of record may impose sanctions including compliance-preparation costs.

If a filed document fails to comply with the requirements of the above referenced policy, a court of record may, upon motion or its own initiative, with or without a hearing, order the filed document sealed, redacted, amended or any combination thereof; a magisterial district court may, upon request or its own initiative, redact, amend or both. A court of record may impose sanctions, including costs necessary to prepare a compliant document for filing in accordance with applicable authority.

WARNING

THIS FORM IS CONFIDENTIAL

THIS FORM IS CONFIDENTIAL

WARNING

Parties and counsel of record may access the form, and its information must remain confidential.

NOTE: Parties and attorney of record in a case will have access to this Confidential Information Form, Confidentiality of this information must be maintained.

INFO

The form advises providing confidential information to the court only when required by law, ordered by the court, or otherwise necessary to resolve the matter.

• The best way to protect confidential information is not to provide it to the court. Therefore, only provide confidential information to the court when it is required by law, ordered by the court or is otherwise necessary to effect the disposition of a matter.