Wise County Courts at Law Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Civil cases

Files for granted adoptions are sealed and confidential; access is allowed only for good cause under an order from the court that issued the adoption order.

It is HEREBY ORDERED that all files wherein an adoption has been granted in the above- named Courts are sealed and confidential, and no person or entity is entitled to access such records except for good cause under order of the Court that issued the order of adoption.

Civil cases

Files in the specified Child Protective Service cases must be sealed and kept confidential, and nonparties may not access them without a court order.

It is HEREBY ORDERED that all files wherein the Department of Family and Protective Services has filed a Petition for Protection of a Child, for Conservatorship, and for Termination in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship, Petition for Orders in Aid of Investigation or a Report of Child Abuse or Neglect, or any other Child Protective Service case in the above-named courts shall be sealed and kept confidential, and no person or entity not listed as a party in such record shall have access to such records, without an order from the Court.

Documents sought to be excluded must be segregated and furnished to the Court in a sealed wrapper with a specific privilege pleading and supporting authority for each document.

Documents sought to be excluded shall be segregated and furnished to the Court in a sealed wrapper along with a specific pleading of claimed privilege as to each, with citation of authority.