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Blue Ribbon Committee presses for legal clarity on youth-court record access and newborn drug-test rules
Summary
Committee members reviewed a youth court response saying no standing order exists for hospital safety-plan forms, discussed inconsistent guidance on who may grant access to youth-court records, and sought a formal legal opinion on whether newborn drug tests (including fentanyl) can alone justify child removal.
Members of the Harrison County Blue Ribbon Committee discussed conflicting explanations from the youth court and child-protection agencies about record access and hospital discharge safety plans, and asked staff to obtain a formal legal opinion on whether a newborn's positive drug test can, by itself, provide probable cause for child removal.
Committee members read aloud a written response they received regarding access to youth-court records. The response said that, under the disclosure statute referenced in the reply (transcribed in the meeting as "43 21 2 61"), specific youth-court records may be requested or subpoenaed and disclosed following an order of disclosure entered in the child's youth-court case. The response also said that the youth court routinely grants access to records when a…
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