California Welfare and Institutions Code 825.5 – (a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain court files …
(a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain court files and records concerning a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent of a child who is the subject of a dependency petition separate from court files and records concerning the child.
(b) (1) Dependency court records concerning a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent may be disclosed to the county and the court in the child’s dependency proceedings; however, information from the records shall only be admitted as evidence in the child’s dependency proceedings pursuant to a court order finding that the information is materially relevant to the case, subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 361.8.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 825.5
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(2) Any party to the child’s dependency proceedings may request the admittance of the records described in paragraph (1) as evidence at any stage of the child’s dependency proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 511, Sec. 2. (AB 260) Effective January 1, 2016.)