Address confidentiality
Sec. 7. A petitioner may omit the petitioner's address from all
nonconfidential documents filed with a court. However, a petitioner
must provide the court with complete information concerning the
protected address on the uniform statewide confidential form and on
other confidential forms developed by the division of state court
administration under section 3 of this chapter. A petitioner shall also
provide the clerk with a public mailing address for purposes of
serving pleadings, notices, and court orders. The petitioner may use
the address confidentiality program under IC 5-26.5. If disclosure of
a petitioner's address is necessary to determine jurisdiction or to
consider venue, the court may order the disclosure to be made:
(1) after receiving a petitioner's consent;
(2) orally in the judge's chambers and out of the presence of a
respondent with a sealed record made; or
(3) after a hearing in which the court considers the safety of a
petitioner and finds that disclosure of the address is in the
interest of justice.
As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.221-2003,
SEC.10.
Last modified: May 24, 2006