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Judiciary subcommittee decides not to recommend broad sealing of TRO affidavits
Summary
A Judiciary subcommittee concluded that a single, rare error does not justify recommending a statutory or procedural change to seal all temporary restraining order affidavits; members said the episode should be handled case-by-case.
A Judiciary subcommittee voted to forgo recommending that courts broadly seal temporary restraining order (TRO) affidavits after concluding the incident that prompted the proposal was a rare exception rather than an ongoing practice.
The decision matters because sealing TRO affidavits would affect transparency and record access across family court cases; members said they were reluctant to recommend a blanket change…
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