I work as an officer of the courts. I volunteer my services as an advocate for children. One of the state agencies I work with wanted me off a case because I exposed lots of unethical practices within the case. Therefore, a supervisor of the agency, which also works with this case, went into my personal history and recovered an incident that happened with my daughter at an early age. They claim this is a reason for biases on my part for the agency. However, my daughters case did not use their services and a subject was tried and convicted. My daughters incident did not happen in my care. However, they pulled my information without my consent, made copies, distributed them to other parties within the case and told it everyone in the room. All this was done to get rid of me from the case. My daughter was a toddler when this happened and she is still minor now. How do I handle this matter? What happens if this sealed information is released by some of the parties in the case that do not like me?

In your work as a officer for the court, they are free to check and recheck your background anytime they would like.

This is why as a officer one always makes sure there are no secrets and everything is out in the open, so it can't be used against you in court.

So now it is out in the open,

Also if this incident could have a bearing on the case, they were correct in using it. It appears they may have asked you to dismiss yourself but you refused, so they found a way to get you off it, sounds like standard court procedure.

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Originally Posted by notyet

However, they pulled my information without my consent, made copies, distributed them to other parties within the case and told it everyone in the room.

What happens if this sealed information is released by some of the parties in the case that do not like me?

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Hello not:

I don't know what "pulled" means, and it DOES matter.. If the information was PUBLIC information, then in the first instance, it's not sealed, and, of course, it's PUBLIC. Therefore they don't need your permission to copy it and distribute anywhere they choose.

If it's NOT public, as in the information came from an agency FILE, then you MAY have some recourse... But, I need to know what pulled means.

excon

The information is protected. If they wanted to know anything about me and my past they should have checked with my supervisor who already knew what happened. However, the agency supervisor had to go into a system that is password coded and only certain individuals have access to retrieve the information. This is a juvenile issue, I am not part of the case, and they told me the supervisor will be terminated. I did read this agency policies and she was not suppose to get that information without my consent.

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Originally Posted by notyet

they told me the supervisor will be terminated. I did read this agency policies and she was not suppose to get that information without my consent.

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Hello again, not:

Then it looks to me like you DO have recourse. However, don't wait for further damage to be done. Be PROACTIVE in protecting your privacy. Hire a lawyer, today. He can write the recipients of the information a letter THREATENING them if they use it or distribute it further, and he can sue the pants off the supervisor.

Go, right now.

excon

Thank you! This happen to happen right in the midst of the holidays. I'm looking for a good attorney!