Section 19-11-131 – Nondisclosure of identifying information when health, safety, or liberty at risk; disclosure of information in the interest of justice

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.

OCGA § 19-11-131

Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 224,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013.