Portage County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

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

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.

CRITICAL

Chapter 48 court records may not be opened for public inspection or disclosed except by juvenile court order or as permitted by §48.396, Wis. Stats.

Court records for Chapter 48 proceedings are not open for inspection or their contents disclosed to the public except by juvenile court order or as permitted by §48.396, Wis. Stats.

CRITICAL

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

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

CRITICAL

Chapter 938 court records may not be opened for public inspection or disclosed except by juvenile court order or as permitted by §938.396, Wis. Stats.

Court Records for Chapter 938 proceedings are not open for inspection or their contents disclosed to the public except by juvenile court order or as permitted by §938.396, Wis. Stats.

WARNING

A judge or commissioner may seal a filed document not designated confidential by statute if appropriate supporting findings are made.

Any document filed by a party or counsel, not specifically listed as "confidential" in the statute, may be sealed as "confidential" by the judge or commissioner upon making appropriate findings to support an order to seal.