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  • Alabama's new Rules for Court Record Privacy and Confidentiality

    Justice Greg Cook|Feb 7, 2025

    In the holiday rush, you may have missed a new set of rules issued just before Christmas. Almost five years ago, two committees appointed by the Alabama Supreme Court began working on the important issue of public safety access to court records (the Standing Committees on the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Appellate Procedure). Former Judge Scott Donaldson and respected appellate counsel David Wirtes were appointed chairs of a special joint task force to tackle this important but...