Juvenile records.

Existing law generally provides for the confidentiality of information regarding a minor in proceedings in the juvenile court and related court proceedings and limits access to juvenile case files. Existing law authorizes only certain individuals to inspect a juvenile case file, including, among others, the minor, the minor's parents or guardian, and the attorneys for the parties, judges, referees, other hearing officers, probation officers, and law enforcement officers who are actively participating in criminal or juvenile proceedings involving the minor. Existing law also authorizes some of those individuals to receive copies of the case file. Existing law requires a person who is seeking access to a juvenile case file that is privileged or confidential pursuant to any other state or federal law and who is not entitled to access the record to petition the juvenile court for access. Existing law also prohibits a receiving agency from disseminating a juvenile case file, any portion of the file, or information relating to the content of the juvenile case file to any other person or agency, except as specified. This bill would provide that these provisions do not prohibit a district attorney, city attorney, or city prosecutor that prosecutes criminal or juvenile cases under state law from alerting a defense attorney in a criminal or juvenile proceeding of the need to file a petition to access juvenile records under these provisions because of potentially discoverable evidence in a juvenile case file.