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Administrative Order 18-002, signed by Honorable Michael B. Harper, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court: on the findings that disclosure of DPSS records will be in the best interest of the children subject to the investigation (Fam. Code, §3011) and that the information in its files and records is necessary and relevant to a child custody and visitation proceeding, the Juvenile Court and the Family Law Court ordering DPSS to release its records, irrespective of whether a petition has been filed (Welf. & Inst. Code §§827, subd. (a)(1)(L), 827.10), to the Judge, Commissioner, or other hearing officer assigned to the family law case, the family Court mediator/child recommending counselor assigned to the case, a Court-appointed investigator or evaluator conducting a Fam. Code §3111 or §3118 custody evaluation, investigation, or assessment, and counsel appointed for the minor under Fam. Code §3150 - the Court clerk possibly requiring that counsel provide a certified copy of the Court order of appointment before inspecting the file; the records maintained solely in the confidential portion of the family law file, released or disclosed only as ordered by the family law Court (Welf. & Inst. Code, §827.10, subd. (d)); no disclosure of the identity of any person making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect (Pen. Code, §11167, subd. (d)).
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THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TRINITY ORDER AUTHORIZING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CPS AND THE FAMILY LAW COURT Administrative Order 18-002 It is the state’s policy that family law courts are to protect the safety and well-being of children. To ensure that child abuse and neglect allegations made in the family law courts are fully investigated and that children are protected from harm, child welfare services are required to fully investigate all allegations of this type. (Fam. Code, §3027, Welf. & Inst. Code, §328.) In order to facilitate child welfare services’ obligation to investigate, the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court and Family Law Court make the following findings: 1) Disclosure of DPSS records will be in the best interest of the children subject to the investigation (Fam. Code, §3011); 2) The information contained within the DPSS’s files and records are necessary and relevant to a child custody and visitation proceeding. Based on these findings, the Juvenile Court and the Family Law Court find good cause to order DPSS to release its records to the following individuals and agencies, irrespective of whether a petition has been filed (Welf. & Inst. Code §§827, subd. (a)(1)(L), 827.10): 1. The Judge, Commissioner, or other hearing officer assigned to the family law case; 2. A family Court mediator/child recommending counselor assigned to the case involving the minor; 3. A Court-appointed investigator, evaluator, or person conducting a Court-connected child Fam. Code §3111 or §3118 custody evaluation, investigation, or assessment; 4. Counsel appointed for the minor in the family law case pursuant to Fam. Code §3150. Prior to allowing counsel appointed for the minor in the family lase case to inspect the file, the Court clerk may require counsel to provide a certified copy of the Court order appointing him or her as the minor’s counsel. Any records or information obtained shall be maintained solely in the confidential portion of the family law file and may only be released or disclosed as ordered by the family law Court. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §827.10, subd. (d).) The above listed individuals granted access to DPSS records and files shall not disclose orally or in writing any information regarding the identity of any person making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect. (Pen. Code, §11167, subd. (d).) Nothing in this order is intended to limit the disclosure of information that is otherwise required by law or by order of the Court. Dated: May 24, 2018 HONORABLE MICHAEL B. HARPER Presiding Judge of the Superior Court
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TRINITY ORDER AUTHORIZING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CPS AND THE FAMILY LAW COURT Administrative Order 18-002 It is the state’s policy that family law courts are to protect the safety and well-being of children. To ensure that child abuse and neglect allegations made in the family law courts are fully investigated and th
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Trinity build 2026-10-12) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-trinity/docs/administrative-order-18-002.pdf (293335 bytes, sha256 4dfd6cf5b8582bd3b90eb57d331ad024bacd0d07c91ecf9e968c92f39f99dd0c; 1 page; page images, no text layer): read on the page image rendered at 200 dpi; checked against RapidOCR on the page (the scan carries no text layer of its own), never published: every 6-word window looked up, and of the 7 spans the readings do not hold, 6 split into pieces the readings hold (the filing stamp and the caption's two columns read apart, and the section signs before “3011”, “827”, “3111” and “3118”, which the machine reads as “s” or “$s”) and 1 read again on the page image (“Fam. Code §3150. Prior”, which the machine reads “Fam.Code s315o.Prior”) (vision/check-log.txt). Not part of the text: the caption's rule lines and its column of parentheses, the clerk's filing stamp (“MAY 24 2018”, with a deputy clerk's name); the Presiding Judge's handwritten signature, which crosses the printed name. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.