New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:25 – Confidentiality
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I. (a) The court records of proceedings under this chapter shall be kept in books and files separate from all other court records. Such records shall be withheld from public inspection but shall be open to inspection by the parties, child, parent, grandparent pursuant to subparagraph (b), guardian, custodian, attorney, or other authorized representative of the child.
(b) A grandparent seeking access to court records under subparagraph (a) shall file a request for access with the court clerk supported by an affidavit signed by the grandparent stating the reasons for requesting access and shall give notice of such request to all parties to the case and the minor’s parents. Any party to the case or parent may object to the grandparent’s request within 10 days of the filing of the request. If no objection is made, and for good cause shown, the grandparent’s request may be granted by the court. If an objection is made, access may be granted only by court order.
II. It shall be unlawful for any person present during a child abuse or neglect hearing to disclose any information concerning the hearing that may identify a child or parent who is involved in the hearing without the prior permission of the court. Any person who knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a violation.
III. All case records, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:8-a, relative to abuse and neglect, shall be confidential, and access shall be provided pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:8-a.
(b) A grandparent seeking access to court records under subparagraph (a) shall file a request for access with the court clerk supported by an affidavit signed by the grandparent stating the reasons for requesting access and shall give notice of such request to all parties to the case and the minor’s parents. Any party to the case or parent may object to the grandparent’s request within 10 days of the filing of the request. If no objection is made, and for good cause shown, the grandparent’s request may be granted by the court. If an objection is made, access may be granted only by court order.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:25
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Child: means any person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Court: means the district court, unless otherwise indicated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Custodian: means an agency or person, other than a parent or guardian, licensed pursuant to N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Notice: means communication given in person or in writing to the parent, guardian, custodian or other interested party not having custody or control of the child, of the time and place fixed for hearing; and it shall be given in all cases, unless it appears to the court that such notice will be ineffectual. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- Parent: means mother, father, adoptive parent, stepparent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntary relinquishment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Relative: means parent, grandparent, brother, sister, stepparent, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, nieces, nephews or first and second cousins. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-C:3
II. It shall be unlawful for any person present during a child abuse or neglect hearing to disclose any information concerning the hearing that may identify a child or parent who is involved in the hearing without the prior permission of the court. Any person who knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a violation.
III. All case records, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:8-a, relative to abuse and neglect, shall be confidential, and access shall be provided pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:8-a.