IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDMENT
OF SDCL 15-15A-9 RULE 06-57
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    A hearing was held on February 16, 2006, at Pierre, South Dakota, relating to the amendment of SDCL 15-15A-9, and the Court having considered the proposed amendment, the correspondence and oral presentations relating thereto and being fully advised in the premises, now, therefore, it is

    ORDERED that SDCL 15-15A-9 be and it is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

     15-15A-9.   Filing confidential numbers and financial documents in court records.

             (1)      Social security numbers, employer or taxpayer identification numbers, and financial account numbers of a party or party's child, where required to be filed with the court shall be submitted on a separate Confidential Information Form, appended to these rules, and filed with the pleading or other document required to be filed. The Confidential Information Form is not accessible to the public.

             (2)      Financial documents named in § 15-15A-8(2) that are required to be filed with the court shall be submitted as a sealed confidential document and designated as such to the clerk upon filing. The Sealed Confidential Financial Documents Information Form appended to these rules shall be attached to financial documents being filed with the court. The Sealed Confidential Financial Documents Information Form is confidential and is not accessible to the public. The sealed confidential financial documents will not be publicly accessible, even if admitted as a trial or hearing exhibit, unless the court permits access pursuant to § 15-15A-10. The court may, on its own motion, seal protect financial documents that have been submitted without the Sealed Confidential Financial Documents Information Form.

             (3)      Parties with cases filed prior to the effective date of this rule, or the court on its own, may, by motion, protect the privacy of confidential information as defined in § 15-15A- 8. Parties filing this motion will submit a completed Confidential Information Form or Sealed Confidential Financial Documents Information Form as appropriate.

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CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS INFORMATION FORM
(Required by SDCL 15-15A-9)

____________________________________ Case No. ____________________________
Plaintiff/Petitioner

____________________________________
Defendant/Respondent

This form and the attached documents are protected and will be filed in a non-public part of the record.

	Document	Period Covered
	Income Tax Returns
	Financial Account Statements
	Wage Stubs
	Credit Card Account Statements
	W2's and Schedules
	Check Registers
	Other (list below)

Information supplied:_________________________________________________

Signed:___________________________________________

Firm:
Address:
Date:

Documents to be recorded in the Register of Actions by caption as confidential.

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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FORM (Required by SDCL 15-15A-9)

_____________________________________ Case No. _______________
Plaintiff/Petitioner

_____________________________________
Defendant/Respondent

The information on this form is protected and shall not be placed in a publicly accessible portion of a court record. The filing documents will be placed in the public part of the court record devoid of this information

NAME SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT NUMBERS
Plaintiff/Petitioner
1. __________________________________________________________________________

Defendant/Respondent
1. __________________________________________________________________________

Other Parties (including minor children)
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________________________

Information
supplied: _________________________________________________________

Signed: ____________________________________________

Firm:
Address:
Date:

Documents to be recorded in the Register of Actions by caption as confidential.

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this rule shall become effective July 1, 2006.

    DATED at Pierre, South Dakota, this 17th day of March 2006.

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