Wise County District Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Civil cases

Files in the specified child protective services cases must be sealed and kept confidential; nonparties may access them only by 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.

Civil cases

Files in which an adoption has been granted are sealed and confidential; access is allowed only for good cause under an order of the court that granted the adoption.

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.

Documents sought to be excluded must be segregated and furnished to the Court in a sealed wrapper with a specific privilege pleading and authority; a log must be furnished to the Court and all counsel.

3.512 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. A log of same shall be furnished to the Court and all counsel.