New Uniform Trial Court Rule to Segregate Personal Information

Effective August 1, 2009, parties initiating new divorce, custody, parenting time, and child support cases will need to fill out a Confidential Information Form and file it with their local court. This form requires court staff to keep certain personal information (social security numbers, birth dates, bank accounts, etc.) segregated from the public court file. As a general rule, only parties to the case or child support enforcement departments will have access to that information. Upon request and in cases where safety between the parties is a concern, the court may keep this information private even from other parties in the case. The new rule and a sample form will be posted on the Oregon Judicial Department website.

See 2008-2009 Uniform Trial Court Rules