Circuit Court of LaSalle County, Illinois (13th Judicial Circuit) Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
An original Qualified Domestic Relations Order containing social security numbers must be impounded by the Circuit Clerk and may be opened only by court order.
1) Any original Qualified Domestic Relations Order filed in divorce files in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit which contain social security numbers shall be impounded by the Circuit Clerk, only to be opened by order of the court.
The filing party or counsel must prevent electronically filed documents and exhibits from disclosing sealed, impounded, expunged, or otherwise private information; the Clerk has no duty to review, redact, or screen filings.
It is the responsibility of the filing party or counsel to insure that documents or exhibits filed electronically do not disclose previously or statutorily impounded or sealed information or private information as defined in Supreme Court Rules 15 and 138. The Clerk is not responsible for the content of filed documents and has no obligation to review, redact or screen any expunged, sealed or impounded information.
Social security numbers in pleadings, attachments, orders, exhibits, and other documents filed in the court file or open court must be redacted so that only the last four digits remain visible, subject to the stated exceptions.
(d) Redaction of Social Security Numbers. An individual’s social security number which appears in any pleading, attachment to pleading, order, exhibit, or other document filed in the court file or filed in open court shall be redacted so only the last four digits are visible with the following exceptions:
The Child Support Data Sheet attached as an exhibit to the Uniform Order of Support may contain social security numbers, must be impounded by the Circuit Clerk, and must be used for child support enforcement according to law.
2) The “Child Support Data Sheet”, attached as an Exhibit to the Uniform Order of Support, shall contain social security numbers and be impounded by the Circuit Clerk and used for child support enforcement according to law.
How does Circuit Court of LaSalle County, Illinois (13th Judicial Circuit) handle sealed or redacted filings?
An original Qualified Domestic Relations Order containing social security numbers must be impounded by the Circuit Clerk and may be opened only by court order.
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