BILL NUMBER: SB 660	CHAPTERED  08/01/03

	CHAPTER  154
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 1, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 31, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 10, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Speier

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 2024.5 to the Family Code, relating to court
files.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 660, Speier.  Court files:  confidentiality.
   Existing law governs the management and preservation of trial
court records and recognizes that court records are generally public
records, unless a specific exception applies.
   This bill would establish procedures for keeping the social
security numbers of persons involved in specified dissolution matters
in the confidential portion of court files.  The bill would require
specified Judicial Council forms to contain a notice informing
parties of their right to redact any social security number that was
placed in a confidential portion of the court file from other
materials filed with the court.  The bill would also make related
changes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2024.5 is added to the Family Code, to read:
   2024.5.  (a) A petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of
marriage, or legal separation of the parties shall include a
separate, one-page document that lists all relevant social security
numbers known to the petitioner that pertain to the petitioner,
respondent, and any minor child of the parties.
   (b) The first responsive pleading filed in a proceeding for
dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation of
the parties shall include a separate, one-page document that lists
all relevant social security numbers known to the respondent that
pertain to the petitioner, respondent, and any minor child of the
parties.
   (c) The list specified in subdivision (a) or (b) shall be  placed
in the confidential portion of the court file of the proceeding, and
may not be disclosed except for good cause shown to the court.
   (d) The Judicial Council form used to file a document specified in
subdivision (a) or (b) shall contain a notice that the parties may
redact the social security numbers placed in  the confidential
portion of the court file from pleadings, attachments, documents, or
other material filed with the court only after the document listing
all relevant social security numbers is placed in the confidential
portion of the court file.
   (e) The petitioner or respondent may redact any social security
number that was placed in the confidential  portion of the court file
pursuant to this section from any pleading, attachment, document, or
other written material filed  with the court only after the document
listing all relevant social security numbers is placed in the
confidential portion of the court file.
   (f) An Abstract of Support Judgment or any similar form created by
the Judicial Council or the Department of Child Support Services for
the purpose of collecting child support payments is not subject to
subdivision (e).