Title 11, BankruptcyRelease 119-102

§112 Prohibition on Disclosure of Name of Minor Children

Title 11 › CHAPTER 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 112

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Debtors may report on a minor child but cannot list the child's name in public court records; the court may keep the name in a private file for the U.S. trustee, the trustee, and any auditor under section 586(f) of title 28, who 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.

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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.

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Citation

11 U.S.C. § 112

Title 11, Bankruptcy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102