06.29.09
Impoundment of Guardianship Records
Beginning July 1, 2009 Medical Certificates and Clinical Team Reports will be impounded and not available to the public. They will be available to interested persons who make a written request (MPC 303), the respondent, attorneys having filed an appearance and guardians ad litem. See new Standing Order 01-09. If a case is dismissed with no decree entering, the entire file will be impounded.
Parties may request that additional information be impounded as well by motion brought under Trial Court Rule VIII. Considerations for impoundment include the respondent’s preferences and the rights and interests of third parties.