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Showing posts with label juveniles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label juveniles. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2012

Judges like bill to open juvenile courts, but it would make reporters' notes subject to inspection

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Family Court judges told a legislative committee yesterday that Kentucky's juvenile courts should be made open, to improve scrutiny of t...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Judge closes evidentiary hearing in Todd murder case; newspaper seeking child-welfare records

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Todd Circuit Judge Tyler Gill has sealed the case record and barred journalists from a continuing hearing in the murder case of a 9-year-old...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Louisville judges say juvenile case of soldier guilty in military homicide should be opened

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In the latest move toward opening of juvenile courts in Kentucky, a Louisville judge has affirmed a lower court's ruling that a newspape...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Key lawmaker, advocacy group back opening records of severe child abuse and neglect

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Kentucky, which leads the nation in deaths of abused and neglected children, should open its records in such cases and those involving sever...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Chief Justice continues to support legislation to open some Family Court proceedings

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Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton Jr. would support another effort by the legislature to open family court proceedings to the public, accor...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Courier-Journal reporter, photographer get a rare look at Family Court in Jefferson County

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The Courier-Journal recently persuaded a Jefferson County Family Court judge to ease Kentucky's strict confidentiality rules long enough...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Open Government Report 2009: Records and meetings laws relatively good, but family courts worry advocates of openness

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Kentuckians can feel confident their government is operating with a relatively high degree of transparency and openness, except for “serious...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Court system heading toward more openness, perhaps even in juvenile courts

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Leaders of Kentucky's court system are discussing major rules changes to make the courts more transparent, including proposals to make j...