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How Do I Get Juvenile Dependency Court Records?
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  • Petitions for Disclosure
  • What are Juvenile Court records?
     
Petitions for Disclosure (W&I 827)

If you are not a party in the juvenile case and want to see Juvenile Court records you have to ask (or “petition’) the Juvenile Court for permission.

Use Judicial Council Form JV 570 to write your petition. You have to file it with the Clerk’s office 5 days after you have it served.


What are Juvenile Court records?

Juvenile Court records are:
  • The records in the Dependency Court legal file,
  • The social worker’s records, and
  • The Department of Family and Children’s Services’ records.

In general, the records don’t have:

  • Police reports,
  • Medical records,
  • Mental health records,
  • Conversations between the lawyer and the social worker, or
  • Records that other agencies keep.
 
   

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