Title 11 of the U.S. Code § 112 - Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
Full text of § 112 from Title 11 of the United States Code.
§ 112. Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
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.
(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title II, §233(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 74.)
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.
CHAPTER 3—CASE ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I—COMMENCEMENT OF A CASE
SUBCHAPTER II—OFFICERS
SUBCHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER IV—ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–327, §2(a)(49), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3562, inserted "patient care" before "ombudsman" in item 333.
2005—Pub. L. 109–8, title II, §232(c), title IV, §434(a)(2), title VII, §719(a)(2), title VIII, §802(d)(4), title XI, §§1102(b), 1104(a)(2), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 74, 111, 133, 146, 190, 192, added items 308, 332, 333, and 351, substituted "Special provisions related to the treatment of State and local taxes" for "Special tax provisions" in item 346, and struck out item 304 "Cases ancillary to foreign proceedings".
1986—Pub. L. 99–554, title II, §205(b), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098, added item 307.
SUBCHAPTER I—COMMENCEMENT OF A CASE
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