§ 19-1-308 — Parentage information

Notwithstanding any other law
concerning public hearings and records, any hearing or trial held pursuant to article
4 of this title 19 must be held in closed court without admittance of any person
other than those necessary to the action or proceeding. In addition to access
otherwise provided for pursuant to section 19-1-303, all papers and records
pertaining to the action or proceeding that are part of the permanent record of the
court are subject to inspection by the parties to the action and their attorneys of
record, and such parties and their attorneys are subject to a court order that must
be in effect against all parties to the action prohibiting the parties from disclosing
the genetic testing information contained in the court's record. Such court papers
and records are not subject to inspection by any person not a party to the action
except the state child support enforcement agency or delegate child support
enforcement units for the purposes set forth in section 19-1-303 (4.4) or upon
consent of the court and all parties to the action, or, in exceptional cases only, upon
an order of the court for good cause shown. All papers and records in the custody
of the county department of human or social services must be available for
inspection by the parties to the action only upon the consent of all parties to the
action and as provided by section 26-1-114, or by the rules governing discovery, but
the papers and records must not be subject to inspection by any person not a party
to the action except upon consent of all parties to the action; except that the
results of genetic testing may be provided to all parties, when available,
notwithstanding laws governing confidentiality and without the necessity of formal
discovery. Any person receiving or inspecting paternity information in the custody
of the county department of human or social services is subject to a court order
that must be in effect prohibiting such persons from disclosing the genetic testing
information contained in the department's record.

Legislative History

Source: L. 96: Entire part added with relocations, p. 1169, � 6, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1267, � 57, effective July 1. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 411, � 37, effective August 8.