To look at or copy the records and evidence in a juvenile protection case, whose permission is needed, and who may look without it?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file of this kind we read the application addressed to the juvenile department judge asking leave to view or copy, the ruling that grants or refuses it, the paper recording the decision to open a hearing, and any paper showing the person's role as assistant.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading states the general rule in full: the records and evidence of a juvenile protection case may be viewed or copied only where the juvenile department judge has granted permission, so without that permission neither act is open.
Another reading works from the proviso, which speaks of viewing only: an assistant who views the records and evidence after the decision to open a hearing needs no permission, while the provision attaches no such exemption to copying, and does not say who counts as an assistant.
Your judgment
How could a file show that the person doing the viewing is the assistant and that the hearing-opening decision came before it?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to name who is an assistant or to extend the exemption to copying, or if a court decision settles what the exemption covers.