Personal Identifying Info to be Omitted or Redacted from Court Records in Civil and Family Matters
Posted By Administrator on December 29, 2009
Effective January 1, 2010, The Honorable Lynda B. Munro, Chief Administrative Judge of the Family Division has issued the following standing order:
All information required on Judicial Branch Superior Court Family and Family Support Magistrate Court forms that constitutes personally identifying information as defined by Connecticut Practice Book section 4-7(a) is deemed by this order to be within the section 4-7(b) exception to redaction requirements as information “…otherwise required by law or ordered by the court.”
The text of Connecticut Practice Book section 4-7, which also becomes effective on January 1, 2010, states:
(a) As used in this section, personal identifying information means an individual’s date of birth, mother’s maiden name, motor vehicle operator’s license number, 
Social Security number, other government-issued identification number, health insurance identification number, or any financial account number, security code or personal identification number (PIN ). For purposes of this section, a person’s name is specifically excluded from this definition of personal identifying information.
(b) Persons who file documents with the court shall not include personal identifying information, and if any such personal identifying information is present, shall redact it from any documents filed with the court, whether filed in electronic or in paper format, unless otherwise required by law or ordered by the court.
(c) The responsibility for omitting or redacting personal identifying information rests solely with the person filing the document. The court or the clerk of the court need not review any filed document for compliance with this rule.
[Source: Connecticut Judicial Branch website]
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