New York Statutes
§ 166 — Privacy of records
New York § 166
JurisdictionNew York
Law FCTFamily Court Act
Part 6General Provisions Concerning Hearings
Art. 1Family Court Established
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N.Y. Family Court Act § 166 (2026).
Text
§ 166. Privacy of records. The records of any proceeding in the family\ncourt shall not be open to indiscriminate public inspection. However,\nthe court in its discretion in any case may permit the inspection of any\npapers or records. Any duly authorized agency, association, society or\ninstitution to which a child is committed may cause an inspection of the\nrecord of investigation to be had and may in the discretion of the court\nobtain a copy of the whole or part of such record.\n
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