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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-827" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children in Need of Assistance">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>All court records under this subtitle pertaining to a child shall be confidential and their contents may not be divulged, by subpoena or otherwise, except by order of the court on good cause shown.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not prohibit review of a court record by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Personnel of the court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A party;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Counsel for a party;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A Court–Appointed Special Advocate for the child;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Authorized personnel of the Social Services Administration and local departments in order to conduct a child abuse or neglect investigation or to comply with requirements imposed under Title IV–E of the Social Security Act; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Department of Juvenile Services if the Department is providing treatment, services, or care to a child who is the subject of the record.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Information obtained from a court record is subject to the provisions of §§ 1–201, 1–202, 1–204, and 1–205 of the Human Services Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On its own motion or on petition, and for good cause shown, the court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May order the court records of a child sealed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall order them sealed after the child has reached the age of 21.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If sealed, the court records of a child may not be opened, for any purpose, except by order of the court on good cause shown.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
