SSB 3160 (LSB 6222XC (2) 88)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWEENEY)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the sealing of information that is a part of the record of a case of marriage dissolution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 598.26, subsection 2, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The court shall, in the absence of objection by another party, grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of an answer to an interrogatory or of a financial statement filed pursuant to section 598.13. The court may in its discretion grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of any other information which is part of the record of the case except for including court orders, decrees, and any judgments. If the court grants a motion to require the sealing of information in the case, the sealed information shall not thereafter be made available to any person other than a party to the action or a party’s attorney except upon order of the court for good cause shown.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that in a case of marriage dissolution, a court may in its discretion grant a motion to a party to require the sealing of any other information which is part of the record of the case including court orders, decrees, and any judgments. Current law states that the court may grant a motion to seal any other information which is part of the record of the case except for court orders, decrees, and any judgments.