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Section YAE.02.08 — Records And Discovery

(a) Copies of all law enforcement reports and witness statements shall be made available to the Tribe's legal staff and the ICW upon request.

(b) All records relating to a youth which are relevant to an action, and which are in possession of the ICW, shall be open to inspection by a guardian ad litem or by party's counsel upon demand without release, unless the records are privileged, or the records contain statements given under a promise of confidentiality or contain material which is necessary to protect the interests of the child.. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if release is required by federal law, the records shall be released.

(c) If records are not released to a requesting party, the reason shall be given to the party, who may ask the court to review the denial of the request, in which case the court may view the records in camera in order to decide whether to order the records be open to inspection.

(d) Persons entitled to inspect records may request copies at their expense.

(e) The court may require counsel or parties not to disclose material contained in the records to any other person if the court reasonably believes such disclosure would be harmful to the child.