Juvenile

Juvenile

The Clerk’s Juvenile division processes records relating to Delinquency and Dependency cases. All Delinquency and Dependency records are confidential. The only parties who may inspect a juvenile file without a court order are the child, the parents and their attorneys, the guardian ad litem, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Children and Families and its designees, the Department of Juvenile Justice and its designees, the Parole Commission, and the Department of Corrections. To view the court file, the authorized person must appear in person with a proper picture I.D. 

Juvenile Delinquency

The Clerk’s Juvenile Delinquency Section processes records relating to Delinquency cases. Delinquency cases involve those juveniles who have been accused of committing a crime. All Juvenile Delinquency records are confidential. The only parties who may inspect a juvenile file without a court order are the child, the parents and their attorneys, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Juvenile Justice and its designees, the Parole Commission, and the Department of Corrections. To view the court file, the authorized person must appear in person with a proper picture I.D.

Juvenile Dependency

Dependency cases are established when children have been abused, abandoned, or neglected.

The Clerk’s Juvenile Dependency section processes records relating to cases that are established when children have been abused, abandoned, or neglected. Dependency records are confidential. The only parties who may inspect a juvenile file without a court order are the child, the parents and their attorneys, the guardian ad litem, law enforcement agencies, and the Department of Children and Families and its designees. To view the court file, the authorized person must appear in person with a proper picture I.D.