Travis County Civil District Courts Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats. This page is scoped to Travis County Civil District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
The District Clerk maintains files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records in every adoption suit and every suit in which an authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.
The District Clerk will maintain the files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records: (a) In every suit in which the petition includes a prayer seeking adoption of a child; (b) In every suit in which any authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.
All pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports are maintained as confidential records.
All pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports will be maintained as confidential records.
The District Clerk automatically maintains files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records in adoption suits and in suits where an authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.
The District Clerk will maintain the files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records: (a) In every suit in which the petition includes a prayer seeking adoption of a child; (b) In every suit in which any authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.
Pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports are maintained as confidential records.
All pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement adoptive reports will be maintained as confidential records.
In termination suits that do not seek adoption, the files, docket sheets, and minutes are not confidential or sealed unless the court orders otherwise.
In all other suits seeking termination but not adoption, the files, docket sheets, and minutes will not be confidential or sealed unless otherwise ordered by the court.
In termination suits that do not seek adoption, the files, docket sheets, and minutes are not confidential or sealed unless the court orders otherwise.
In all other suits seeking termination but not adoption, the files, docket sheets, and minutes will not be confidential or sealed unless otherwise ordered by the court.
How does Travis County Civil District Courts handle sealed or redacted filings?
The rule does not state that a motion to seal is required for the covered filing process. The District Clerk maintains files, docket sheets, and minutes as confidential records in every adoption suit and every suit in which an authorized agency seeks termination of the parent-child relationship.
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