Disclosure of Child Welfare Records in Cases Where DSS is Not a Party

Published for On the Civil Side on October 16, 2025.

Child welfare records maintained by a department of social services (DSS) contain sensitive information that parties in various proceedings are often interested in seeing. A complex web of state and federal law governs the disclosure of these records – more than I can cover here. For purposes of this post, it’s sufficient to know that […]

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