Supplement to Directive #02-22 – Family – Notice to Accompany Standard Protective Order (CN 10485)

This supplements Directive #02-22 ("Family - Revised Standard Protective Order") and promulgates the attached new notice to accompany the protective order (CN 10485). The protective order, as was promulgated by Directive #02-22, is to be used in all Family dockets when the court authorizes the release of records and concludes that those records should not be disclosed to others. This new notice is to assist litigants in understanding the purpose of the order and its provisions, as well as to inform litigants of the consequences of disclosing protected information.

Notice
Family Court Protective Order

The Protective Order is used for all family court cases when a judge orders the release of records for a limited purpose. The Protective Order includes the following information:

1. The records that the judge is permitting to be released;
2. The parties within certain cases who are permitted to receive and view the records;
3. The records cannot be used for other reasons unless the judge pe1mits that in writing;
4. Disclosing the records to an unauthorized person is a violation of the protective order
   and the court can sanction the person who violates the protective order;
5. Using the records in an unauthorized manner is a violation of the protective order and
   the court can sanction the person who violates the protective order; and
6. Instructions on destroying or returning the records.