| I. Hearings |
| C.R.S. § 19-1-106(2) | Hearings
are
open to the public. The
court may
exclude the public if it is in the best interests of the child or
community. If the
public is excluded, the court may only
admit the parties and their attorneys, or those who have an interest in
the
case or the court’s work. This
includes
anyone the district, county or city attorney, child and parents,
guardian, or
other custodian wish to be present.
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-102(1.7) |
The
court
must protect the victim’s anonymity. The
legislature urges the court (and the media) not to reveal any child
victim’s
name, because it may cause the child undue hardship, discomfort, and
distress.
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-106(2) | Hearings may be informal. |
| C.R.S. § 19-3-403(3.6)(a)(II) |
The
juvenile
court cannot dispense with rules of evidence that directly bear on
substantive
proof. However, at
the temporary custody
hearing in a D&N case, any information having probative value
may be
received by the court regardless of its admissibility under the
Colorado Rules
of Evidence.
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-106(5) |
The
court may
hear the child separately from the parents, guardian or custodian. The parents, guardian and
custodian may also
be heard separately from the child. Either may be done whenever the court deems it
necessary.
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| C.R.S. § 19-1-308 | In paternity cases, hearings must be closed. |
| C.R.S. § 19-5-210(5)(b) |
In
adoption
and relinquishment cases, hearings must be closed. An adoption hearing may be opened if, on
motion by any party to the adoption or on the court’s own motion, the
court
orders that an adoption hearing be opened for the public, if the court
finds
that doing so is in the best interests of the child and the prospective
adoptive parents have consented.
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