2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 8 Children
8-120 Records; inspection; exception; destruction of certain records


AZ Rev Stat § 8-120 (1996 through 1st Reg Sess 50th Legis) What's This?

8-120. Records; inspection; exception; destruction of certain records

A. Except as provided in section 8-129, all files, records, reports and other papers compiled in accord with this article, whether filed in or in possession of the court, an agency or any person or association, shall be withheld from public inspection.

B. Such files, records, reports and other papers may be open to inspection by persons and agencies having a legitimate interest in the case and their attorneys and by other persons and agencies having a legitimate interest in the protection, welfare or treatment of the child if so ordered by the court.

C. This section does not prohibit persons employed by the court, the division or an agency from conducting the investigations or performing other duties pursuant to this article within the normal course of their employment.

D. This section does not prohibit persons employed by the court, the division, an attorney participating or assisting in a direct placement adoption pursuant to section 8-130 or an agency from providing partial or complete identifying information between a birth parent and adoptive parent when the parties mutually agree to share specific identifying information and make a written request to the court, the division or the agency.

E. Except for files that belong to an attorney, all files, records, reports and other papers not filed in or in the possession of the court shall not be destroyed until after a ninety-nine year period. The files that belong to an attorney shall not be destroyed until after a seven year period.

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