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In California, is the DATE an adoption record is sealed confidential? If so, how does one petition the court to…

In Juvenile Court, a competency hearing is being held for a young girl accused of abandoning her baby. The district…

I am an author working on a book on the history of “phone phreaking.”   (Phone phreaks were people who played…

Are the names of grand jury sub-committee members secret?

For months I was not allowed access to my family law case file. Couldn’t even get a copy of the…

I am interested in obtaining the grand jury transcripts for proceedings for a particular defendant. Can you please tell me…

Made FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2…

There is an arraignment to be held later today in a hospital room. I’m a reporter and I anticipate barriers…

How do I get access to records that were sealed in a county criminal court file in 1998? The order…

Are state appeal briefs filed by the parties public record when the case stems from juvenile court?