DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST TO INSPECT AND/OR COPY JUVENILE COURT RECORDS WITHOUT A COURT ORDER
L-0673 (01/19) Welfare and Institutions Code §§103, 362.5, & 827
Form Adopted for Mandatory Use Cal. Rules of Court 5.552
Page 2 Miscellaneous Orders 543.2, 528.7, M-2013-1-2013
A Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA Administrative Personnel;
The California Department of Social Services in order to carry out its duty to oversee and monitor county
child welfare agencies, children in foster care or receiving foster-care assistance, and out- of-state
placements, or authorized legal staff or special investigators who are peace officers employed by, or who
are authorized representatives of the State Department of Social Services, as necessary for the
performance of their duties to inspect, license, and investigate community care facilities, to ensure that the
standards of care and services provided in those facilities are adequate and appropriate, and to ascertain
compliance with the rules and regulation to which the facilities are subject;
The Juvenile Justice Commission;
A judge, commissioner or other hearing officer assigned to a family law or probate case involving the
minor, or the following person, if actively participating in the family law or probate case: A court-appointed
mediator or evaluator conducting a court-connected child custody evaluation, investigation or assessment
pursuant to Family Code § § 3111 or 3118, and counsel appointed for the minor in the family law case
pursuant to Family Code § 3150. Counsel for the minor on related matters is required to provide a
copy of the court order appointing him/her as minor’s counsel.
An Indian child’s tribe, if the tribe has intervened in the child’s case;
An individual other than a person described in Welfare and Institutions Code, section 827,
subparagraphs (A) to (P) who files a notice of appeal or petition for writ challenging a juvenile court
order, or who is a respondent in that appeal or real party in interest in that writ proceeding who was
previously granted access by the juvenile court pursuant to subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1).
NOTE: A Request for Release of Juvenile Case File (JV-570) must be submitted to the Presiding Judge of the
Juvenile Court for review if copies of sealed records are being requested under number one (1) above.
(2) I understand I am not authorized to receive copies of Juvenile Court record without a prior court order. I am
or represent one of the following individuals and entities that may inspect Juvenile Court records.
A member of the child’s multidisciplinary teams, person or agency providing treatment or supervision of the
child;
A court-appointed investigator who is actively participating in a guardianship case involving a child
pursuant to Section 7663, 7851, or 9001 of the Family Code or Part 2 (commencing with Section
1500) of Division 4 of the Probate Code, and acting within the scope of his/her duties in that case;
A local child support agency for the purposes of establishing paternity and establishing and enforcing
child support orders;
A child welfare agency of a county responsible for the supervision and placement of a minor or nonminor
dependent for the purpose of determining an appropriate placement or service that has been ordered for
the minor or nonminor dependent by the court;
NOTE: A Request for Release of Juvenile Case File (JV-570) must be filed if copies of records are requested
under number two (2) above. Authorization may be ordered only by the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court.
(3) I have read and agree to the following terms for inspection:
The inspector shall not disclose or disseminate any information contained in the records to any person,
unless otherwise ordered by the court.
The inspector may receive the documents in an electronic format for inspection on site at Juvenile Court.
The inspector shall not alter, delete, transmit, copy, or photograph, by any means, anything contained in the
case file (the inspector may take notes regarding the contents of the documents).
If these, or any other document(s) placed in a confidential or sealed envelope is provided, said envelope
shall NOT be opened or viewed by the inspector.
The inspector acknowledges that the Court may monitor his or her inspection of the records for compliance
with the court’s order.