Vermont § 1460 - Juvenile defendants

§ 1460. Juvenile defendants

• (a) The general public shall be excluded from hearings held in the Civil Division of the
  Superior Court under this chapter where the defendant is under the age of 16. Only
  the parties, their counsel, the complainant, witnesses, and other persons accompanying
  a party for the party’s assistance, and such other persons as the court finds to have
  a proper interest in the case, or in the work of the court, may be admitted by the
  court. In such a case, there shall be no publicity given by any person to any proceedings
  under the authority of this chapter except with the consent of the defendant and his
  or her parent or guardian. The records in such a case shall be subject to the confidentiality
  provision of 33 V.S.A. § 5117. Upon its own motion or the motion of a party, the court may open the hearing for
  good cause shown, in consideration of relevant factors, including the likelihood that
  a court would make a determination that charges against the defendant with respect
  to the underlying crime on which the hate-motivated crime injunction is based should
  be heard in the Criminal Division of the Superior Court pursuant to 33 V.S.A. chapter
  52. (b) If the defendant is 16 to 17 years of age, the hearing shall be open to the general
  public. However, upon its own motion or the motion of a party, the court may close
  the hearing for good cause shown. If the court orders the hearing to be closed, the
  confidentiality provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply. (c) If a hate-motivated crime injunction is issued under this section, the court shall
  give notice of the contents of the order to the complainant, and to any school personnel
  or other appropriate persons the court finds to have a proper interest in the case
  and whose knowledge of the contents of the order is reasonably necessary to ensure
  the defendant’s compliance with the order, regardless of whether the proceedings were
  open or closed to the general public. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3; amended 2009, No. 154, § 238; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 106.)