Ch. 647                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1297

(B)

RECORDS OF THE COURT SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO PUBLIC
INSPECTION OR THEIR CONTENTS DIVULGED TO ANYONE, EXCEPT
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN UPON ORDER OF A JUDGE EXERCISING
JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION.

(C)

THE COURT, ON ITS OWN MOTION OR FOR GOOD CAUSE
SHOWN, MAY ORDER THAT JUVENILE COURT RECORDS BE SEALED
AND THAT IN ANY EVENT THE JUVENILE RECORDS SHALL BE
SEALED AFTER THE CHILD INVOLVED HAS REACHED 21 YEARS OF
AGE.]]

(A) CONFIDENTIALITY OF POLICE RECORDS.

POLICE RECORDS CONCERNING A CHILD ARE CONFIDENTIAL
AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED SEPARATE FROM THOSE OF ADULTS.
THEIR CONTENTS SHALL NOT BE DIVULGED, BY SUBPOENA OR
OTHERWISE, EXCEPT UPON ORDER ISSUED BY A JUDGE
EXERCISING JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT ACCESS TO
AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF SUCH RECORDS IN THE
INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE CHILD TO WHOM THE
RECORDS RELATE BY AND AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES.

(B)  CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS.

THE JUVENILE COURT RECORDS PERTAINING TO ANY CHILD
ARE CONFIDENTlAL AND THEIR CONTENTS SHALL NOT BE
DIVULGED, BY SUBPOENA OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT UPON ORDER
ISSUED BY A JUDGE EXERCISING JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE
COURT RECORD OF A CHILD, IN A JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDING
INVOLVING THAT CHILD, BY PERSONNEL OF THE COURT THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNSEL FOR THE
CHILD, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES, AND
PROBATION OFFICERS.

(C) THE SEALING OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS

A JUDGE EXERCISING JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, SUA SPONTE OR UPON PETITION, AND
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, MAY ORDER THE COURT RECORDS OF
A CHILD TO BE SEALED, SUCH RECORDS SHALL BE SEALED WHEN
THE CHILD HAS REACHED TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE. UPON
SEALING, THE COURT RECORDS OF A CHILD SHALL NOT BE
OPENED, FOR ANY PURPOSE, EXCEPT UPON ORDER ISSUED BY A
JUDGE EXERCISING JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN.

(D) THE DISPOSITION OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS.