In all children in need of care (CINC) and juvenile offender (JO) cases to which a CASA is assigned, the CASA program director shall distribute copies of CASA reports to counsel of record, guardians ad litem and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The court shall make available to counsel of record, guardians ad litem and SRS all other reports submitted to the court for consideration in such CINC and JO cases, and allow counsel a reasonable time to review the reports before the hearing or other proceeding. No CASA reports shall be disclosed to any other entity, person party, including the parents of respondent minor children, without the prior express approval of the presiding judge.
The foregoing Administrative Rule is adopted pursuant to the authority of Supreme Court Rule No. 105, in chambers at Concordia, Kansas, and a copy thereof mailed to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Kansas on this 28th day of September, 2004.
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Thomas M. Tuggle
Chief Judge
Kan. R. Jud. Dist. 25