KRS 625.045: Confidentiality and sealing of files and records.

(1) Any order resulting from the voluntary termination of parental rights of any person

under the provisions of this chapter, including the caption of the order, shall contain

only the name of the child, without any reference to the names of the parents whose

rights have been terminated. Such order shall be duly recorded in the order book of

the Circuit Court and a certified copy of the order given to the petitioner and to the

cabinet upon request. Such order may contain a statement of authority to place the

child for adoption.

(2) The files and records of the Circuit Court, excluding the name or other identifying

information of a prospective adoptive parent, during proceedings for voluntary

termination of parental rights shall not be open to inspection by perso ns other than

parties to such proceedings, their attorneys, and representatives of the cabinet,

except under order of the court expressly permitting inspection. Upon the entry of

the final order in the case, the clerk shall place all papers and records in the case in a

suitable envelope which shall be sealed and shall not be open for inspection by any

person other than representatives of the cabinet without a written order of the court

or as authorized by the provisions of KRS Chapter 199.

(3) No person hav ing charge of any voluntary termination records shall disclose the

names of any parties appearing in such records or furnish any copy of any such

records, except upon order of the court which entered the judgment of termination;

however, facts necessary in order to secure a court order for a copy of the

termination order to be used in an adoption proceeding may be disclosed. The clerk

of the Circuit Court shall set up a separate docket and order book for termination

cases and these files and records shall be kept locked.