§ 34-26-5-7 — Address confidentiality

Indiana § 34-26-5-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 26: SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS: INJUNCTIONS AND
• Ch. 5: Indiana Civil Protection Order Act

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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 office of judicial
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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.221-2003, SEC.10; P.L.161-2018, SEC.108.