Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 161-S.F.No. 781 
           An act relating to juvenile court; clarifying the 
          authority to release juvenile court records; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 260.161, subdivision 
          2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 260.161, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  Except as provided in this subdivision and in 
subdivision 1, none of the records of the juvenile court, 
including legal records, shall be open to public inspection or 
their contents disclosed except (a) by order of the court or (b) 
as required by sections 611A.03, 611A.04, and 611A.06.  The 
records of juvenile probation officers and county home schools 
are records of the court for the purposes of this subdivision.  
This subdivision does not apply to proceedings under sections 
260.255 and 260.261.  The court shall maintain the 
confidentiality of adoption files and records in accordance with 
the provisions of laws relating to adoptions.  In juvenile court 
proceedings any report or social history furnished to the court 
shall be open to inspection by the attorneys of record a 
reasonable time before it is used in connection with any 
proceeding before the court. 
    Approved May 20, 1985