Eau Claire County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Original custody, home-study, and psychiatric reports must be filed and sealed; copies are released to attorneys, may be shared with clients only for supervised review, and unrepresented parties may arrange supervised review with TRY Mediation, Inc.

The original custody evaluation, home study and/or psychiatric reports shall be filed with the Court and sealed within the court file. Copies of the reports shall be released to attorneys. Copies of the reports shall not be distributed directly to the parties but attorneys may share the reports by allowing their clients to read the reports in the attorney's office or some other supervised place of their designation. If the parties do not have counsel, they may make arrangements to review the reports under supervision with TRY Mediation, Inc.

Court reports may not be released to a child, parent, the media, or others except as provided by law, but counsel may share and discuss their contents with clients.

No Court Report shall be released to a child, parent, the media, or others, except as provided by law. However, contents of the report may be shared and discussed between counsel and client(s).

Access to civil commitment files is limited to the person involved, their attorney, County Corporation Counsel, and others approved by the court or permitted by statute.

Access to civil commitment files is limited to the person involved, his or her attorney, County Corporation Counsel and such other persons as approved by the court or permitted by statute.

Adoption proceeding records and papers are confidential and may be disclosed only by court order or as permitted by Wisconsin law.

All records and papers pertaining to an adoption proceeding are confidential files and may not be disclosed except by order of the court, except as permitted under Wisconsin law.