Title 11 — BankruptcyRelease 119-73
§112 Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
Title 11 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 112
Summary
A debtor may have to give information about a minor child in a case, but the child's name cannot be put into the public court record. The name can be kept in a private court file for the court, the United States trustee, the trustee in the case, and any auditor under section 586(f) of title 28, and those people must not disclose it.
Full Legal Text
Title 11, §112
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The debtor may be required to provide information regarding a minor child involved in matters under this title but may not be required to disclose in the public records in the case the name of such minor child. The debtor may be required to disclose the name of such minor child in a nonpublic record that is maintained by the court and made available by the court for examination by the United States trustee, the trustee, and the auditor (if any) serving under section 586(f) of title 28, in the case. The court, the United States trustee, the trustee, and such auditor shall not disclose the name of such minor child maintained in such nonpublic record.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such
Effective Date
, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
11 U.S.C. § 112
Title 11 — Bankruptcy
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73