Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Family Law Procedure
Can I seal my Florida family law case? Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.420 sets forth the conditions under which court records are determined to be confidential and therefore unviewable by the public. Florida court proceedings are generally presumed to be public records with few exceptions. Disclosure of records in a sealed Florida litigation case was an issue in the case Crouch v. Brumer, et. al., 3D24-0287 (Fla. 3d DCA October 30, 2024).
The appellant in this case challenged post-judgment orders which denied his request for sanctions against the opposing parties and their attorneys for filing documents in the case which he alleged violated the parties’ non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement which restricted access to those filings “for attorney’s eyes only.” The appellate court concluded “After conducting a non-evidentiary hearing on Appellant’s sanctions motions, the trial court determined that, because Appellees had filed the documents into a record that had been sealed by various court orders, these filings – into a sealed record – did not violate the Order or the Agreement. Perceiving no abuse of discretion1 in the trial court’s ruling, we affirm.”
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