Confidential Documents & Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents 11.2

WHEN TO USE CON112 – COVER SHEET FOR NON-PUBLIC DOCUMENTS FORM 11.2:

IMPORTANT – There is a difference between documents that are non-public (confidential) and information within documents that is confidential (financial account numbers / restricted identifiers) that need to be redacted if listed on a document that will be filed with the Court. For more information on confidential information, see: Financial Account Numbers / Restricted Identifiers – K|H Law Wiki

Most documents filed with the court are public.  However, some documents are considered nonpublic documents based on court rules.  You must identify these documents as non-public at the time you file the documents with the court.

When filing non-public documents you must complete and file the “Cover Sheet for Non-Public Documents Form 11.2 (also called Form 11.2 cover sheet).  The most common non-public documents are called “financial source documents.”  Examples of financial source documents include:

• Paycheck stubs, employer statements, W-2 forms, or business income and business expenses
• Copies of your tax returns and schedules
• Bank statements
• Credit card statements
• Check registers

Other non-public documents include:

• medical records (A report from a doctor that provides a medical diagnosis or treatment plan for you would qualify as a medical record)
• custody evaluations
• court visitor reports
• guardian ad litem reports (family case types)
• psychological examiner reports
• probation violation reports
• alternative dispute resolution reports
• commitment reports

For  more information on what court records are deemed non-public and no accessible to the public, see: case-rec-table.pdf

NOTE:  Do not use the Form 11.2 cover sheet when filing public documents that contain information you think “should” be treated as confidential.  You must seek approval from the court and the court must grant your request before you file a public document that you want treated as confidential.

The failure to use Form 11.2 or Form 11.1 may result in your document being rejected by court administration, being available to the public, stricken from the court record, and may include sanctions from the court.

WHERE TO FIND COVER SHEET FOR NON-PUBLIC DOCUMENTS FORM 11.2:

The template we use is in mycase: FAM – Cover Sheet for Non-Pub Docs (Form 11.2) 

HOW TO FILE FORM 11.2

HOW TO FILE THE ACTUAL COFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

*Note: If you have more than one document that is confidential (for instance, multiple exhibits for a motion) it is probably easiest to combine those together and file as one document.