F. Lee Balldo made a complete ass of himself.
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He cited "Rule 115" of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, which doesn't exist. He meant to cite Rule 115 of the Minnesota Rules of General Practice, which doesn't apply to juvenile protection cases.
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And it was completely unnecessary because the juvenile protection rule that he also cited was all he needed to ask the judge to issue the order sua sponte.
The juvenile protection rule, however, requires exceptional circumstances for sealing the information, and he didn't include anything except "Father avers" that these circumstances exist without naming them.
So, even with the county attorney not objecting, the judge called him a tard and said there had to be a hearing.