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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
APPEARANCE BY UNREPRESENTED PERSON
1. My name is _________________________________ and I am the Petitioner, filing this case
on my own behalf. I am not represented by a lawyer.
2. Contact information for receiving legal service of document and case information as required
by Court Rules.
Address:
Email address:
☐ I will accept service at the above email address.
Phone:
Fax:
3. This is an MI case type as defined in Administrative Rule 8(B)(3).
4. There are related cases: (If yes, please indicate below)
☐ Yes
☐ No
Caption and case number of related cases:
Caption: Case No.:
Caption: Case No.:
Additional information as required by local rule:
Signature
____________________________
STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
VERIFIED PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Petitioner, ________________________________________, pro se, respectfully
petitions the court to change _____ name. In support of this Petition, Petitioner states as follows:
1. That my current name is ____________________________________________.
2. That my date of birth is _____________________________________________.
3. That my Indiana driver’s license number/Indiana identification card number is
______________________________________; and I will bring my Indiana driver’s license or
identification card to my Change of Name Hearing for verification.
4. That my mailing address is:
______________________________________________________________________________
And if different, my residence address is:
______________________________________________________________________________
5. The following is a list of all of my previous names:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. That I ________ hold a valid United States passport. My proof that I am a United
States citizen is _______________________________. I will bring this document to my change
of name hearing for verification.
7. That the following judgements of criminal conviction of a felony under the law of
any state or the United States have been entered against me, or I have stated immediately below
that I have no felony convictions:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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____________________________
_________
__________
8. That I am not seeking to defraud creditors by changing my name.
9. That I have published notice of my request for change of name in a local
publication as required by law, and will bring proof of publication to the hearing.
10. That I am not a sex or violent offender who is required to register under Indiana
Code 11-8-8.
11. That I wish to change my name to: _____________________________________.
12. That I request that (select one of the following):
☐ The name on my birth certificate not be changed.
☐ The name on my birth certificate be changed to my new changed name.
Specifically, ________________________________________________.
WHEREFORE, I respectfully request that this Court grant my Petition for Name Change,
and for all other just and proper relief. I affirm under penalties for perjury that the foregoing
representations are true.
____________________________________
Signature
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
STATE OF INDIANA )
)
COUNTY OF ______________________ )
Before me ______________________________, a notary public _________________________
County, State of Indiana, personally appeared ________________________________________,
and being first duly sworn upon his/her oath, says that the facts alleged in the foregoing
instrument are true.
Date: _______________________________________
Notary Public ________________________________
My Commission Expires _______________________
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
ORDER SETTING HEARING
Comes now _____________________________________, pro se, having filed a Verified
Petition for Change of Name, and the Court finds that the matter should be set for hearing.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this matter shall be heard on
__________________________________________________________________________________.
So ORDERED ____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________
Judicial Officer
Distribution:
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
____________________________
STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
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_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
NOTICE OF FILING PROOF OF PUBLICATION
Petitioner, _____________________________________, pro se, states as follows:
1. I have given notice of my Petition for Change of Name, pursuant to Indiana Code 34-28-
2-3(a).
2. I have attached a copy of the published notice herein as Exhibit A.
3. The attached notice has been verified by the affidavit of a disinterested person.
4. More than thirty (30) days have passed since the last required publication of notice.
WHEREFORE, I respectfully request that this Court consider my Petition for Name
Change, and for all other just and proper relief. I affirm under penalties of perjury that the
foregoing representations are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
____________________________________
Signature
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
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_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
____________________________________________, whose mailing address is:
_____________________________________________________________________________,
and if different, my residence address is:
_____________________________________________________________________________,
in the ___________________________ County, Indiana, hereby gives notice that
_________________________________________________________ has filed a petition in the
________________________Court requesting that ____ name be changed to
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Notice is further given that the hearing will be held on said Petition on
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
Petitioner
____________________________________
Date
____________________________________
Judicial Officer
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
ORDER ON VERIFIED PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
On ____________________________, Petitioner, ____________________________________,
Appeared for Change of Name Hearing. Witnesses sworn and evidence presented. Comes now, the
Court and having reviewed the Verified Petition for Change of Name, Notice of Proof of
Publication, and the evidence presented at the hearing and now finds as follows:
1. That Petitioner’s current name is: ___________________________________________.
2. That Petitioner’s date of birth is: ____________________________________________.
3. That Petitioner’s Indiana driver’s license number/Indiana identification card number was
filed with the Court and is preserved in the Court’s records.
4. That Petitioner’s mailing address is:
________________________________________________________________________________.
And if different, Petitioner’s residence address is:
________________________________________________________________________________.
5. That Petitioner has no other previous names, or Petitioner’s previous names are as
follows: _________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
6. That Petitioner does/does not hold a valid United States passport.
7. That Petitioner has presented proof of United States Citizenship.
8. That if Petitioner has a felony conviction within the last ten years, the required notice to
the appropriate agencies has been provided.
9. That Petitioner is not a sex or violent offender who is required to register under Indiana
Code 11-8-8.
10. That Petitioner has presented proof of publication of notice to the Court.
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11. That pursuant to Indiana Code 34-28-2-1, Petitioner wishes to change his/her name.
12. That Petitioner wishes to change his/her name to be
. ________________________________________________________________________________
13. That Petitioner
☐ Wishes to change his/her name on his/her birth certificate
to________________________________________________________________
☐ does not wish to change his/her name on his/her birth certificate.
WHEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s Petition for Change of Name is GRANTED,
and Petitioner’s name is hereby legally changed to
________________________________________________________________________________.
The name on Petitioner’s birth certificate:
☐ should be changed to _______________________________________________.
☐ should not be changed.
SO ORDERED ________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
Judicial Officer
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You do not have to file the following documents, but you may want to. Read below and
then decide whether you want to fill out and file them.
To get a name change, you are required to publish notice of your name change in a
newspaper and the court records are public. However, court rules allow you to ask that
the publication requirement be waived (not required), and the records be sealed (not
available to the public) for your safety. If you feel unsafe publishing in a newspaper (for
example, because you are transgender), or having this case public would put you at
significant risk of substantial harm, fill out all of the following forms and submit them
to the Clerk of Court when you start your name change case.
1. The first document is Notice of Exclusion of Confidential Information
From Public Access. This lets the court know you want the court to keep the papers you
file out of public view.
2. The second document is the Verified Request to Prohibit Public Access
Pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. This is a request to the Judge to
make your case confidential. This is where you should detail all the reasons you would
feel unsafe having your name change made public
3. The third document is the Memorandum of Law in Support of Verified
Request to Prohibit Public Access Pursuant to Rules on Access to Court Records.
Indiana Legal Services wrote this memo to explain to the Judge why, in general, it can
be unsafe for trans people to be outed, and why this means the name change of a
transgender person should be sealed (confidential).
4. The fourth document is the Public Notice of Hearing. The law says that if
you ask a judge to make the case confidential, there must be a public hearing on the
sealing request (that’s the second document listed above). To let the public know about
the hearing, the court posts this notice in the courthouse at least 30 days before the
hearing.
5. Finally, the fifth document is the Order on Request to Prohibit Public
Access Pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. This is a document that
you want the Judge to sign. If the Judge decides that your case should remain
confidential, not viewable by the public, then the Judge will sign this document and
your case will be sealed.
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
NOTICE OF EXCLUSION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC
ACCESS
Contemporaneous with the filing of their Verified Petition For Change Of Name and
pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, Petitioner provides this notice that the
information listed below is to remain excluded from public access in accordance with Rule 6:
1. Appearance
2. Verified Petition for Change of Name
3. Order Setting Hearing
4. Order on Verified Petition for Change of Name
5. Notice of Exclusion of Confidential Information from Public Access
6. Verified Request to Prohibit Public Access Pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court
Records
7. Memorandum of Law in Support of Verified Request to Prohibit Public Access And/Or
Waive Publication Pursuant to Rules on Access to Court Records
8. Order on Verified Request To Prohibit Public Access Pursuant to Indiana Rules on
Access to Court Records
_____________________________________ __________________________________
Signature Date
_____________________________________
Printed Legal Name
____________________________
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
VERIFIED REQUEST TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ACCESS PURSUANT TO INDIANA
RULES ON ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS
I, ___________________________________________________, respectfully petition this
Court to seal the record of my name change proceeding, permanently prohibiting Public Access to
the entire court record pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records.. In support of this
request, I state:
1. I am requesting the court change my name because I am:
☐transgender
☐gender non-conforming
☐nonbinary
☐_______________________
2. I am seeking to change my name to accurately reflect my gender identity and
presentation.
3. I am aware of the high rates of violence, discrimination, and invasion of privacy against
transgender, gender non-conforming and nonbinary people in Indiana and nationwide and I fear that
if the public knows my gender identity, I will personally experience violence, discrimination and an
invasion of my privacy.
4. I fear that if someone could find my name change request and address online, that I could
be targeted for discrimination and/or violence based on my gender identity.
5. I also fear for my safety because of my personal experience with violence and
discrimination.
6. I have personally suffered ☐ physical harm ☐ discrimination ☐ harassment
☐ bullying ☐ threats of violence ☐ other:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________
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7. I am attaching a Memorandum of Law in Support of Verified Request to Prohibit Public
Access And/Or Waive Publication Pursuant to Rules on Access to Court Records by Indiana Legal
Services as an Exhibit.
THEREFORE, I respectfully request that pursuant to the Indiana Rules on Access to
Courts, this case be excluded from public access by sealing the record of this proceeding.
I affirm under penalties for perjury that the foregoing representations are true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
Date Signature
Printed Legal Name
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF
VERIFIED REQUEST TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ACCESS AND/OR WAIVE
PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO RULES ON ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS
1. This memorandum of law was drafted by Indiana Legal Services’ LGBT Project to support self-
represented litigants who fear for their safety to a request pursuant to the Rules on Access to
Court Records
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to waive publication and sale the records of their case.
2. Name change cases are subject to the public access rules containing in Indiana Rules of Court
Administration 9. Ind. Code § 34-28-2-2.5(b).
I. HAVING TO PUBLISH NOTICE IN A NEWSPAPER AND HAVING THEIR CASE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PUTS PETITIONER AT SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF HARM.
3. The Court of Appeals is clear that the evidence of heightened risk of harassment, violence, and
homicide to transgender individuals nationally and in Indiana is enough to demonstrate significant
risk of harm warranting prohibiting public access. In re Name Change of M.E.B., 19A-MI-118 at
¶ 11 (June 21, 2019).
4. The purpose of the Access to Court Records Rule is, among other things, to minimize an
individual’s risk of injury. The Commentary to the Rule recognizes “that unrestricted access to
certain information in Court Records could result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy
or unduly increase the risk of injury to individuals and businesses.” Ind. Access to Court Records
1, cmt. “. . . The goal of the Rules on Access to Court Records is proactive; it seeks to prevent
harm. To force petitioners to wait until they have already experienced that harm would vitiate the
purpose of the rule.” Id.; accord In Re K.H., 127 N.E.3d 257 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019)
5. A.C.R. Rule 6 requires Judges to look at the totality of the circumstances to evaluate if a substantial
risk of harm exists and to proactively protect applicants’ safety. Rule 6 does not require that
Plaintiff endure targeted threats, violence, or abuse before granting temporary and permanent
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The Access to Court Records Rules replaced Administrative Rule 9 on January 1, 2020. Rules on Access to Court Records
moved portions of Administrative Rule 9 and placed them in a more organized manner. A.C.R. Rule 6 is Administrative Rule
9(G)(4) without change.
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sealing and a publication waiver. In Re M.E.B., 126 N.E.3d 932 at 934 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019); In Re
K.H., 127 N.E.3d 257 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019)
6. Part of the circumstances to consider is the reality that transgender people are disproportionately
impacted by violence and homicide. The United Sates is the third most deadly country for trans
people.
7. Between 2013 and 2015, hate crimes against transgender people increased 239 percent, with LGBT
people more likely than any other minority group to experience hate crimes in the United States.
Haeyoung Park and Iaryna Mykhyalyshyn, L.G.B.T. People Are More Likely to Be Targets of Hate
Crimes Than Any Other Minority Group, N.Y. TIMES, June 16, 2016.
8. The systemic violence transgender people experience neither begins nor ends with hate crimes,
physical assault or homicide. Transgender people are more likely than the general population to
experience discrimination, harassment, and violence in every facet of life, including family
relations, education, employment, housing, public accommodations, obtaining accurate
identification documents, and accessing adequate and appropriate medical treatment. . See e.g.
James et al., The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (2016), available at
http://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports/; National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, A Report
from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer, and HIV-Affected Hate Violence in 2013 (2014), available at http://avp.org/wp-
content/uploads/2017/04/2013_ncavp_hvreport_final.pdf; Jaime M. Grant et al., Injustice at Every
Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey 2 (2011), available at
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_full.pdf.
9. This is no less true in the state of Indiana. A survey of transgender people in Indiana conducted in
conjunction with the National Transgender Discrimination Survey found that 73% of respondents
reported harassment in their K-12 school; and 27% reported physical assault. National Center for
Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Findings of the National
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Transgender Discrimination Survey: Indiana Results (2015), available at
http://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTSINStateReport% 281017%29.pdf.
10. In another study of Transgender Hoosiers, 74% of respondents reported experiencing harassment
or mistreatment on the job. Christy Mallory and Brad Sears, Employment Discrimination Based
on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Indiana, August 2017, available at
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/in_discrimination_ aug_2017/.
11. In 2016, an Indiana transgender woman was shot in the face while their attacker yelled anti-
transgender sentiments. Alleged Hate Group Member Charged in Shooting of Trans Woman in
Indiana, The Advocate (July 17, 2016), available at
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/7/17/alleged-hate-group-member-charged-shooting-
trans-woman-indiana. Across the nation, violence against transgender individuals is on the rise.
Maggie Astor, Violence Against Transgender People Is on the Rise, Advocates Say, N.Y. TIMES,
Nov. 9, 2017.
12. Though the data on violence is staggering, the actual violence against transgender people is likely
much worse, due to the underreporting of crimes. See. E.g. Lucas Waldron, Deadnamed: The way
cops in Jacksonville and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds
insult to injury and may be delaying justice, available at
https://www.propublica.org/article/deadnamed-transgender-black-women-murders-jacksonville-
police-investigation; Emma Keith et. al, Lack of trust in law enforcement hinders reporting of
LBGTQ crimes, available at https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/08/24/22138/lack-trust-law-
enforcement-hinders-reporting-lbgtq-crimes.
13. The Court of Appeals is clear that these significantly higher rates of discrimination, harassment,
and violence experienced by transgender people as compared to cisgender people (people who are
not transgender) is enough to satisfy that there was clear and convincing evidence that the
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Petitioner would face a significant risk of substantial harm if their transgender status was disclosed
to the public. In re Name Change of A.L., 81 N.E.3d 283, 291 (2017).
14. The Court of Appeals rejected the trial court’s reasoning that Rule 9 was not applicable because
the petitioner had not shown they were subjected to any specific threats or violence because of
their gender identity. Id. At 290-91. Trial courts have no jurisdiction to disregard appellate
precedent. Cf. Ross v. State, 877 N.E.2d 829, 835 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007) (appellate precedent is
binding on trial courts), trans. denied.
15. There—on an evidentiary record substantively identical to that submitted here—the court found
that the significant risk of harm came from the general public being able to access, on the internet,
in perpetuity, information about petitioner being transgender.
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Id.
II. COURT DOCUMENTS IDENTIFY PETITIONER AS TRANSGENDER, WHICH
UNLAWFULLY DISCLOSES CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL INFORMATION IN
VIOLATION OF A.C.R. 5(A)(1).
16. A.C.R. Rule 5(A)(1) mandates that records declared confidential by Indiana statue or court rule
must be excluded from public access. Both medical and mental health records are confidential and
protected from public disclosure.
17. That Petitioner’s is transgender is protected medical information. I.C. § 16-39-3-10 declares a
patient’s “mental health record or testimony related to a patient’s mental health” offered in a legal
proceeding to be a confidential court record.
18. Gender transitions involve both physical and social elements. Social elements, such as wearing
clothing more readily associated with a specific gender, changing one’s name and updating their
identity documents to reflect their experienced sex, are therapeutic treatments for the psychological
treatment of gender dysphoria. STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE HEALTH OF TRANSSEXUAL,
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A publication notice in a local newspaper lives on past the three weeks in which it is published. All public
notices published in Indiana are archived and searchable though the Hoosier State Press Association. Indiana
Public Notice Search, available at http://www.indianapublicnotices.com/
. Once publication is made or the court
file accessed, it cannot be undone.
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TRANSGENDER, AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING PEOPLE, WORLD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR
TRANSGENDER HEALTH (7
th
ed. 2011), available at https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc.
19. The records in this case constitute protected health records that Indiana law requires trial courts to
keep confidential. See Ind. Code § 16-39-3-10 (a “mental health record or testimony related to a
patient’s mental health” offered in a legal proceeding is a confidential court record). Trial courts
have no discretion, and therefore no jurisdiction, to order such records be made publicly available.
E.g. Groth v. Pence, 67 N.E.3d 1104, 1112 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017) (“as a matter of law,” records
declared confidential by statute “shall not be disclosed”), trans. denied.
III. BEING OUTED AS TRANSGENDER VIOLATES PETITIONER’S PRIVACY
INTERESTS PROTECTED BY THE ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS RULES AND
THE 4TH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
20. The purpose of the Rules on Access to Court Records is, among other things, to protect the privacy
interests of litigants. The Commentary to the Rule recognizes “that unrestricted access to certain
information in Court Records could result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or
unduly increase the risk of injury to individuals and businesses.” Ind. Access to Court Records
Rule 1, cmt.
21. Petitioner has a fundamental right of privacy in preventing the release of their highly personal and
intimate medical and mental health information and in deciding under what circumstances to
release information that has a statistically significant likelihood to subject them to substantial
harm. Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589, 599-600 (1977); Nixon v. Adm’r of Gen. Servs., 433 U.S. 425,
464-65 (1977) (instructed that intrusions on legitimate informational privacy expectations must be
weighed against the public interest in accessing that information); NASA v. Nelson, 562 U.S. 134,
138 (2011) (reaffirming Nixon balancing test); Denius v. Dunlap, 209 F.3d 944, 956 (7
th
Cir. 2000)
(holding 4
th
Amendment right to informational privacy protects the “clearly established
‘substantial’ right in the confidentiality of medical information that can only be overcome by a
sufficiently strong state interest”).
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22. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that a constitutional right to information privacy
protected by the 4th Amendment applies to the states under the 14th Amendment. Whalen v. Roe,
429 U.S. 589, 599-600 (1977). This constitutional right to privacy means one has a venerable right
“not to have intimate facts concerning one’s life disclosed without one’s consent.” Bartnicki v.
Vopper, 200 F.3d 109, 122 (3d Cir. 1999). In fact, “the more intimate or personal the information,
the more justified is the expectation that it will not be subject to public scrutiny.” Fraternal Order
of Police v. City of Philadelphia, 812 F.2d 105, 112 (3d Cir. 1987). This right to privacy has been
deemed by Federal Courts to include an individual’s gender identity. See Powell v. Schriver, 175
F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 1999).
23. Denying Petitioner’s Access to Court Records request would make public the fact that Petitioner
is pursuing therapeutic treatment for their gender dysphoria and reveal medical and mental health
information to a large number of disinterested persons with no legitimate interest in that
information, in violation of the 14
th
Amendment to the United States Constitution, I.C. § 16-39-3-
10, and the purpose of the Access to Court Records Rule.
Prepared in January 2020 for use by pro se parties by:
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Indiana Legal Services
lgbtgroup@ilsi.net
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING
Please take notice: Petitioner having filed a Verified Request to Prohibit Public Access
Pursuant to Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records and for sealing the record pursuant to
Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records requesting that the Court enter an Order excluding the
entire case from public access, and the Court having duly examined said motion, hereby sets the
matter for hearing on
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________ _______________________________________
Dated Judicial Officer
Distribution:
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
____________________________
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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE __________________ _______________ COURT
)SS:
COUNTY OF _________________ ) CAUSE NO. ____________________________________
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: )
)
)
_____________________________ )
Petitioner )
ORDER ON VERIFIED REQUEST TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ACCESS PURSUANT TO
INDIANA RULES ON ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS
Following a hearing on the matter, held on ________________________________________ the
Court now issues the following Findings and Order:
1. Petitioner has demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that the requirements of the
Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records Rule 6(A) are met.
2. Petitioner demonstrated that the personal safety interests served by prohibiting public access to
the entire court record of this case outweigh the public access interests served by the Rules on
Access to Court Records.
3. Permanently prohibiting Public access to the entire court record is the least restrictive means
and duration to protect Petitioner’s personal safety.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Public access to the documents that comprise the entire
court record under this case number is permanently prohibited and all Public access to all further
proceedings under this case number is prohibited.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the publication requirements of Indiana Code §34-28-2-3(a)
are waived.
So ordered this _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
Judicial Officer
Distribution:
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IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF ) Petitioner (Indiana Legal Help)

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