The California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) has issued new policy regarding forwarding court documents received from individuals seeking or receiving child support services which contain confidential information.
The new policy is that Local Child Support Agencies must forward forms, attachments, and documents received from individuals seeking or receiving child support services to the courts unaltered. DCSS states that the responsibility for redacting confidential information is with the party that wrote the document.
Local Child Support Agencies must inform individuals seeking or receiving child support services that documents submitted to the court are public records that are available for review upon submission. (CSSP Letter 19-01, February 13, 2019.)