Conn. Practice Book § 30a-8 (2026)

Sec. 30a-8. Records (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, all records maintained in juvenile matters brought before the judicial authority, either current or closed, including transcripts of hearings, shall be kept confidential. (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, no material contained in the court records, includ- ing the predispositional study, service memoran- dum, medical or clinical reports, school reports, police reports, or the reports of social agencies, may be copied or otherwise reproduced in written form in whole or in part by the parties without the express consent of the judicial authority. (c) Each counsel and self-represented party in a delinquency matter shall have access to and be entitled to copies, at his or her expense, of the entire court record, including transcripts of all pro- ceedings, without express consent of the judi- cial authority. (Adopted June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 22, 2009, to take effect Jan. 1, 2010; amended June 14, 2013, to take effect Jan. 1, 2014; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)