Cite as: 30 CNCA § 11

A. Confidential information filed with or submitted to the Court in conjunction with any proceeding pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a public record. Access to confidential information shall be strictly controlled. Except upon Court order, no confidential information shall be disclosed to persons other than:

1. the subject of the proceeding and his attorney,

2. the guardian ad litem;

3. if the subject of the confidential information is a ward, the guardian or conservator of such ward;

4. if the subject of the confidential information is the guardian or conservator, the ward and his attorney, and the attorney of such guardian or conservator; and

5. Cherokee Nation and any Cherokee Nation or Bureau of Indian Affairs governmental entities necessary to provide services to the ward.

B. The fact of the existence of a guardianship or conservatorship of a person or that person's estate shall not be considered confidential information.

Historical Data

LA 39–12, eff. October 16, 2012.