Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-6-105

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Inspection and disclosure of juvenile court records

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without court order.

A. Juvenile court records which are confidential may be

inspected, and their contents shall be disclosed, without a court

order to the following persons upon showing of proper credentials

and pursuant to lawful duties:

1. The judge having the child currently before the court in any

proceeding pursuant to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code, or any judge of

the district court or tribal court to which such proceedings may be

transferred;

2. Employees and officers of the court in the performance of

their duties, including but not limited to guardians ad litem

appointed by the court;

3. Members of review boards established pursuant to Sections

1116.2 and 1116.6 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In addition

to juvenile court records, any member of such review boards may

inspect, without a court order, information including but not

limited to:

a. psychological and medical records,

b. placement history and information, including the names

and addresses of foster parents,

c. family assessments,

d. treatment or service plans, and

e. school records;

4. A district attorney and the employees of an office of a

district attorney in the course of their official duties;

5. The attorney representing a child who is the subject of a

juvenile proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The

attorney representing a child or considering representing a child in

a juvenile proceeding may also access other records listed in

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subsection A of Section 2-6-102 of this title for use in the legal

representation of the child;

6. Employees of juvenile bureaus in the course of their

official duties;

7. Employees of the Office of Juvenile Affairs in the course of

their official duties;

8. Employees of a law enforcement agency in the course of their

official duties pertaining to the investigation of a crime committed

or alleged to have been committed by a person under eighteen (18)

years of age. Records or information disclosed pursuant to this

paragraph may consist of summaries or may be limited to the

information or records necessary for the purpose of the

investigation;

9. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth;

10. The Office of Juvenile Affairs or other public or private

agency or any individual having court-ordered custody or custody

pursuant to Office of Juvenile Affairs placement of the child who is

the subject of the record;

11. The Department of Human Services;

12. The child who is the subject of the record and the parents,

legal guardian, legal custodian or foster parent of said child;

13. Any federally recognized Indian tribe in which the child

who is the subject of the record is a member, or is eligible to

become a member of the tribe due to the child being the biological

child of a member of an Indian tribe pursuant to the Federal Indian

Child Welfare Act, P.L. 95-608, and the Oklahoma Indian Child

Welfare Act; provided such Indian tribe member, in the course of

official duties:

a. is investigating a report of known or suspected child

abuse or neglect or crimes against children or for the

purpose of determining whether to place a child in

protective custody, or

b. is providing services to or for the benefit of a child

including but not limited to protective, emergency,

social and medical services;

14. Any federally recognized Indian tribe in which the tribe,

the tribal court or the tribal child welfare program has asserted

jurisdiction or intervened in any case in which the child is the

subject of the proceedings or is a party to the proceedings pursuant

to the authority provided in the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act.

The records that are to be provided to Indian tribes pursuant to

the provisions of this subsection shall include all case records,

reports and documents as defined in this chapter;

15. The Governor or to any person the Governor designates, in

writing;
the

subject of the proceedings or is a party to the proceedings pursuant

to the authority provided in the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act.

The records that are to be provided to Indian tribes pursuant to

the provisions of this subsection shall include all case records,

reports and documents as defined in this chapter;

15. The Governor or to any person the Governor designates, in

writing;

16. Any federal official of the United States Department of

Health and Human Services;

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17. Any member of the Legislature, upon the written approval of

the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate;

18. Employees of the Department of Corrections in the course of

their official duties;

19. Employees of the United States Probation Office, in the

course of their official duties; and

20. Domestic violence and sexual assault advocates employed by

a certified domestic violence or sexual assault program pursuant to

Section 18p-6 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, working within a

law enforcement agency or court in the course of their assigned

duties.

B. Records and their contents disclosed without an order of the

court as provided by the provisions of this section shall remain

confidential. The use of any information shall be limited to the

purposes for which disclosure is authorized. It shall be unlawful

for any person to furnish any confidential record or disclose any

confidential information contained in any juvenile record for

commercial, political or any other unauthorized purpose. Any person

violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a misdemeanor.

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