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DFCS may give counsel for a child in a delinquency proceeding relevant documents (investigation notes and reports, progress notes, summaries, prior placements, medical and psychological evaluations, court reports); such counsel must be given access to, and may copy, the child's dependency records held by the Juvenile Court Clerk — except confidential birth-family information of an adopted child, which needs a court order — and may disseminate the records only as Welfare and Institutions Code section 827 and the Rules of Court allow.
California > Sixth Appellate District > Santa Clara County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara > Juvenile Division
[File stamp (rotated): FILED, 06 JUL 18 PM 6:27, By: [signature]; the clerk's legend is largely illegible] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA JUVENILE COURT STANDING ORDER REGARDING ACCESS OF JUVENILE DEPENDENCY RECORDS TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND OTHER DEFENSE COUNSEL WHO REPRESENT CHILDREN WHO WERE FORMERLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY. This order addresses the exchange of information between counsel for children in Juvenile Court delinquency proceedings, the Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS), and the Juvenile Court The County of Santa Clara is committed to providing effective legal services for children in both the Dependency and the Delinquency Court systems. In order to fulfill the obligations set forth in existing law -- including California Rule of Court 1479, civil and professional standards and constitutional mandates -- counsel for children in delinquency proceedings must have access to any and all relevant information about the child, including information contained in the DFCS file. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 827 and California Rule of Court 1423, the attorney for a child may inspect confidential juvenile case files without authorization from the Court if the attorney is “actively participating in a criminal or juvenile proceeding involving the minor The Court finds that the interests of children appearing before the Juvenile Court are best served by having effective legal counsel who are well informed and have prompt access to relevant information about children they represent In addition, the Court also finds that information sharing and collaboration among agencies charged with serving children and their interests will promote efficiency and ensure improved communication and service coordination for children. The Court, therefore, makes the following order DFCS may provide copies of relevant documents to counsel for the child in a delinquency proceeding These documents may include, but are not limited to, relevant portions of investigation notes or reports, progress notes, summaries, prior placements, medical and psychological evaluations and court reports. Furthermore, pursuant to 827, counsel for the child in a delinquency proceeding shall be given access to any juvenile dependency records relating to the child which are held by the Juvenile Court Clerk, and shall have the right to obtain copies of such records. However, if the child has been adopted though the Dependency Court, counsel for the child is not entitled to access confidential information relating to the child’s birth family without a court order Copies of any and all records obtained by counsel for the child in a delinquency proceeding pursuant to this Standing Order shall not be disseminated by counsel for the child except as provided by Welfare and Institutions Code Section 827 and California Rule of Court 1423 Dated: 7/14/06 [signature] Katherine Lucero Supervising Judge Juvenile Dependency Court
[File stamp (rotated): FILED, 06 JUL 18 PM 6:27, By: [signature]; the clerk's legend is largely illegible] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA JUVENILE COURT STANDING ORDER REGARDING ACCESS OF JUVENILE DEPENDENCY RECORDS TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND OTHER DEFENSE COUNSEL WHO REPRESENT CHILDREN WHO WERE FORMERLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF SANTA CLARA COUNT
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Santa Clara build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-santa-clara/juv/189djuvdependency.pdf (244269 bytes, sha256 a8b7eb074ba585a00cc8f5b994c757b925726f82ee453cd389a8729acd1ca8fb; 3 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan (its OCR text layer was not relied on): transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified (misreadings, the file stamp and caption overprints, pleading line numbers, page numbers and running footers omitted as chrome), and each line the machine reader skipped was re-read in a full-resolution crop; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and section sign checked in full-resolution crops; the file stamp and the signatures are bracketed. The order cites California Rules of Court 1423 and 1479 by their 2006 numbers. Local Juvenile Rule 1(K)(1)(f)(ii) (rules effective July 1, 2026) restates the paragraph on DFCS documents; the access to clerk-held dependency records and the adoption limit appear only in this order. The file stamp is rotated and its clerk's legend largely illegible; the order's missing periods and its unclosed quotation are kept as printed. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.