Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2247.Attendance at proceedings;confidentiality.(a) Adjudication. Proceedings prior to and includingadjudication under this codeshall be open to attendance by any person unlessthe court determinesthat closed proceedings or the exclusion of that person would be in the bestinterests of the child oris necessary to protect the privacy rights of the parents.
(1) The court may not exclude the guardian ad litem, parties andinterested parties.
(2) Members of the news media shall comply with supreme court rule 10.01.
(b) Disposition. Proceedings pertaining to the disposition of achild adjudicated to be in need of care shall be closed to all persons exceptthe parties, the guardian ad litem, interested parties and theirattorneys, officers of the court, a court appointed special advocate and thecustodian.
(1) Other persons may be permitted to attend with the consent of the partiesor by order ofthe court, if the court determines that it would be in the best interests ofthe child or theconduct of the proceedings, subject to such limitations as the court determinesto beappropriate.
(2) The court may exclude any person if the court determines that suchperson's exclusion wouldbe in the best interests of the child or the conduct of the proceedings.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the courtshall permit the attendance at the proceedings of up to two people designatedby the parent of the child, both of whom have participated in a parent allyorientation program approved by the judicial administrator.
(1) Such parentally orientation program shall include, but not be limited to, informationconcerning the confidentiality of the proceedings; the child and parent's rightto counsel; the definitions and jurisdiction pursuant to the Kansas code forcare of children; the types and purposes of the hearings; options for informalsupervision and dispositions; placement options; the parents' obligation tofinancially support the child while the child is in the state's custody;obligations of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services; obligationsof entities that contract with the department of social and rehabilitationservices for family preservation, foster care and adoption; the termination ofparental rights; the procedures for appeals; and the basic rules regardingcourt procedure.
(2) The court may remove the parent's ally or allies from a proceeding ifsuch ally becomes disruptive in the present proceeding or has been founddisruptive in a prior proceeding.
(d) Preservation of confidentiality. If information required tobe kept confidential byK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2209, and amendmentsthereto, is to be introduced intoevidence andthere are personsin attendance who are not authorized to receive the information, the court mayexclude those personsduring the presentation of the evidence or conduct an in camerainspection of the evidence.
History: L. 2006, ch. 200, § 42;L. 2008, ch. 169, § 9; July 1.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2247.Attendance at proceedings;confidentiality.(a) Adjudication. Proceedings prior to and includingadjudication under this codeshall be open to attendance by any person unlessthe court determinesthat closed proceedings or the exclusion of that person would be in the bestinterests of the child oris necessary to protect the privacy rights of the parents.
(1) The court may not exclude the guardian ad litem, parties andinterested parties.
(2) Members of the news media shall comply with supreme court rule 10.01.
(b) Disposition. Proceedings pertaining to the disposition of achild adjudicated to be in need of care shall be closed to all persons exceptthe parties, the guardian ad litem, interested parties and theirattorneys, officers of the court, a court appointed special advocate and thecustodian.
(1) Other persons may be permitted to attend with the consent of the partiesor by order ofthe court, if the court determines that it would be in the best interests ofthe child or theconduct of the proceedings, subject to such limitations as the court determinesto beappropriate.
(2) The court may exclude any person if the court determines that suchperson's exclusion wouldbe in the best interests of the child or the conduct of the proceedings.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the courtshall permit the attendance at the proceedings of up to two people designatedby the parent of the child, both of whom have participated in a parent allyorientation program approved by the judicial administrator.
(1) Such parentally orientation program shall include, but not be limited to, informationconcerning the confidentiality of the proceedings; the child and parent's rightto counsel; the definitions and jurisdiction pursuant to the Kansas code forcare of children; the types and purposes of the hearings; options for informalsupervision and dispositions; placement options; the parents' obligation tofinancially support the child while the child is in the state's custody;obligations of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services; obligationsof entities that contract with the department of social and rehabilitationservices for family preservation, foster care and adoption; the termination ofparental rights; the procedures for appeals; and the basic rules regardingcourt procedure.
(2) The court may remove the parent's ally or allies from a proceeding ifsuch ally becomes disruptive in the present proceeding or has been founddisruptive in a prior proceeding.
(d) Preservation of confidentiality. If information required tobe kept confidential byK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2209, and amendmentsthereto, is to be introduced intoevidence andthere are personsin attendance who are not authorized to receive the information, the court mayexclude those personsduring the presentation of the evidence or conduct an in camerainspection of the evidence.
History: L. 2006, ch. 200, § 42;L. 2008, ch. 169, § 9; July 1.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2247.Attendance at proceedings;confidentiality.(a) Adjudication. Proceedings prior to and includingadjudication under this codeshall be open to attendance by any person unlessthe court determinesthat closed proceedings or the exclusion of that person would be in the bestinterests of the child oris necessary to protect the privacy rights of the parents.
(1) The court may not exclude the guardian ad litem, parties andinterested parties.
(2) Members of the news media shall comply with supreme court rule 10.01.
(b) Disposition. Proceedings pertaining to the disposition of achild adjudicated to be in need of care shall be closed to all persons exceptthe parties, the guardian ad litem, interested parties and theirattorneys, officers of the court, a court appointed special advocate and thecustodian.
(1) Other persons may be permitted to attend with the consent of the partiesor by order ofthe court, if the court determines that it would be in the best interests ofthe child or theconduct of the proceedings, subject to such limitations as the court determinesto beappropriate.
(2) The court may exclude any person if the court determines that suchperson's exclusion wouldbe in the best interests of the child or the conduct of the proceedings.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the courtshall permit the attendance at the proceedings of up to two people designatedby the parent of the child, both of whom have participated in a parent allyorientation program approved by the judicial administrator.
(1) Such parentally orientation program shall include, but not be limited to, informationconcerning the confidentiality of the proceedings; the child and parent's rightto counsel; the definitions and jurisdiction pursuant to the Kansas code forcare of children; the types and purposes of the hearings; options for informalsupervision and dispositions; placement options; the parents' obligation tofinancially support the child while the child is in the state's custody;obligations of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services; obligationsof entities that contract with the department of social and rehabilitationservices for family preservation, foster care and adoption; the termination ofparental rights; the procedures for appeals; and the basic rules regardingcourt procedure.
(2) The court may remove the parent's ally or allies from a proceeding ifsuch ally becomes disruptive in the present proceeding or has been founddisruptive in a prior proceeding.
(d) Preservation of confidentiality. If information required tobe kept confidential byK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2209, and amendmentsthereto, is to be introduced intoevidence andthere are personsin attendance who are not authorized to receive the information, the court mayexclude those personsduring the presentation of the evidence or conduct an in camerainspection of the evidence.
History: L. 2006, ch. 200, § 42;L. 2008, ch. 169, § 9; July 1.
