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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 124

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-828.

(a) A police record concerning a child is confidential
and shall be maintained separate from those of adults. Its
contents may not be divulged, by subpoena or otherwise,
except by order of the court upon good cause shown. This
subsection does not prohibit access to and confidential use
of the record by the Juvenile Services Administration or in
the investigation and prosecution of the child by any law
enforcement agency.

(b)  A juvenile court record pertaining to a child is
confidential and its contents may not be divulged, by
subpoena or otherwise, except by order of the court upon
good cause shown. This subsection does not prohibit access
to and the use of the court record in a proceeding in the
court involving the child, by personnel of the court, the
State's attorney, counsel for the child, or authorized
personnel of the Juvenile Services Administration.

(c)  The court, on its own motion or on petition, and
for good cause shown, may order the court records of a child
sealed, and, upon petition or on its own motion, shall order
them sealed after the child has reached 21 years of age. If
sealed, the court records of a child may not be opened, for
any purpose, except by order of the court upon good cause
shown.

(D) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT ACCESS TO OR USE OF
ANY JUVENILE COURT RECORD BY THE MARYLAND DIVISION OF PAROLE
AND PROBATION WHEN THE DIVISION IS CARRYING OUT ANY OF ITS
STATUTORY DUTIES AT THE DIRECTION OF A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION, IF THE RECORD CONCERNS A CHARGE OR
ADJUDICATION OF DELINQUENCY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.