Rule 55  EXAMINATION OF PROBATE RECORDS

(A) Records shall not be removed from the court, except when approved by the judge.  Violation of this rule may result in the issuance of a citation for contempt.

 

(B) Copies of records may be obtained at a cost per page as authorized by the judge.

 

(C) Adoption, mental illness, and mental retardation proceedings are confidential.  Records of those proceedings, and other records that are confidential by statute, may be accessed as authorized by the judge.

 

(D)       A citation for contempt of court may be issued against anyone who divulges or receives information from confidential records without authorization of the judge.

 

B.C.L.R. 55.1 INSPECTION OF BUTLER COUNTY PROBATE COURT RECORDS

 

(A)       No Court file or other Court record may be removed from the premises of the Court without an order signed by the Probate Judge. Violation of this rule may result in the issuance of a citation for contempt.

 

(B)      Civil commitment case files, adoption case files and other filings and records designated by law or by the Probate Court as confidential shall not be examined by any person without the express authorization of the Probate Judge or a Probate Court Magistrate. When authorized, such examination shall take place within the presence of the Probate Judge, a Probate Court Magistrate, or a Probate Court Deputy Clerk. Violation of this rule may result in the issuance of a citation for contempt.