Confidentiality of hearings, files and records.
1. All hearings held in proceedings under this chapter are confidential and must be held in closed court, without admittance of any person other than the petitioners, their witnesses, the director of an agency, or their authorized representatives, attorneys and persons entitled to notice by this chapter, except by order of the court.
2. The files and records of the court in adoption proceedings are not open to inspection by any person except upon an order of the court expressly so permitting pursuant to a petition setting forth the reasons therefor or if a natural parent and the child are eligible to receive information from the State Register of Adoptions.
Last modified: February 25, 2006