Brown County Circuit Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

An attorney, guardian ad litem, or unrepresented party who receives a psychological evaluation may not reproduce it.

Said report shall not be reproduced in any fashion by said attorney, guardian ad litem or unrepresented party.

CRITICAL

Presentence reports are confidential; clients may review them only with counsel present, and counsel must prevent others from seeing them.

Presentence reports are confidential. Clients may only review them in the presence of counsel. Counsel must ensure that no one but the client sees them.

CRITICAL

Presentence-report copies may be used only for the specified purposes, may not be duplicated, and must be returned for destruction immediately after sentencing; the original remains sealed in the court file.

Copies of presentence reports will be made available by the court only for these purposes and no other copies may be made. The original will be retained in a sealed envelope in the court file. All copies shall be returned to the clerk and destroyed immediately after sentencing.

WARNING

Any such attorney, guardian ad litem or unrepresented party shall be advised that the contents of such evaluation should not be disclosed to any person or persons other than a party to the case wherein the evaluation has been made.

Any such attorney, guardian ad litem or unrepresented party shall be advised that the contents of such evaluation should not be disclosed to any person or persons other than a party to the case wherein the evaluation has been made.

WARNING

Copies of psychological evaluations must be returned to the court when the case is completed.

Copies of such evaluations shall be returned to the Court upon completion of the case.

INFO

An attorney, guardian ad litem, or unrepresented party may obtain a psychological evaluation by submitting a written request.

Any attorney for any party, the guardian ad litem, and an unrepresented party may obtain a copy of any psychological evaluation in any case involving said guardian ad litem, attorney for any party, or such party by submitting a written request for a copy of said evaluation.