CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Confidentiality of Juvenile Proceedings
4 Cards On This Topic:

Confidentiality of juvenile proceedings.

Abuse of discretion to allow de facto parents access to mother's court-ordered psych evaluation where decision misapprehended the law and the rights of de facto parents, and would not further Cs' best interests.

Court did not abuse discretion in granting school dist.'s petition to disclose confidential information from court file that teacher sexually abused minor daughters.

W&IC 827 does not limit juvenile court discretion whether to grant press access to confidential juvenile dependency court records; best interests of minor paramount.