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Section 793 – Records

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Louisiana

A. The confidentiality of Family in Need of Services records, including the existence of such records, shall be preserved and shall not be disclosed by any record custodian without the consent of the child or order of the court in accordance with Article 412.
B. Records and reports concerning any Families in Need of Services matter shall not be identified, maintained, or otherwise handled by the court or by any other agency or person as a juvenile delinquency or criminal matter.

Comments – 2017

This Article does not change the law. This Article provides for the confidentiality of Families in Need of Services records as distinct from delinquency or criminal records. Except upon order of the court or consent of the child, neither the existence nor content of Families in Need of Services records shall ever be disclosed.

La. Ch.C. ยง 793

Amended by Acts 2017, No. 362,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2017.