Public Documents; Sealed and Confi-

dential Documents. (a) Records on Appeal. A record on appeal is open to public inspection except that (1) papers filed under seal in the trial court, recordings or transcripts of closed hearings held in the trial court, and exhibits submitted or introduced at closed hearings in the trial court, will be maintained under seal while they constitute part of a record on appeal; and (2) papers, recordings, transcripts, exhibits, and other items designated as confidential in the trial court will be maintained as confidential while they constitute part of a record on appeal. (b) Other Papers. (1) Papers, including excerpts of record filed under Rule 210(c), filed in the appellate courts, other than records on appeal, shall be open to public inspection unless the appellate court in which the case is pending otherwise orders, or except as hereafter provided in this subparagraph. If the trial court has restricted disclosure of information, and it is necessary to refer to that information in an interlocutory petition or application to an appellate court, the petitioner or applicant must attach to the petition or application the trial court order that restricted the information. The information will be maintained as sealed or confidential during the pendency of the petition or application, unless the trial court or appellate court orders otherwise. In addition, the petition or application must be written in a manner that does not disclose non-public information. (2) Counsel in appellate matters arising out of closed proceedings in the trial courts shall, wherever possible, avoid the use of full names of parties or other detailed identifying information in briefs, motions, and other papers filed with the appellate courts. Descriptive terms (“the oldest daughter,” “the prospective adoptive father”), pseudonyms (“Jane Doe”), first names or initials should be used instead. (3) A motion to file a paper under seal or to treat a paper as a confidential document in the appellate court, the response to such a motion, and the order ruling on such a motion, are open to public inspection and shall not themselves be filed under seal. A motion to file a paper under seal or to treat a paper as a confidential document, whether or not opposed, is not a “routine” motion within the meaning of Rule 503(e). (4) A paper may be lodged with the court along with a motion to file it under seal or to treat it as a confidential document. Unless the court otherwise orders, it is not open to public inspection while the motion to file it under seal or confidentially is pending. If the motion is denied, and the paper has been lodged along with the motion, the movant has the option of withdrawing the paper or leaving it on file open to public inspection. (c) General Provisions. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE