Statutes | Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Law Title 5, Chapter 3 ยง 10 | 2018
a. The identity of any person making a report of suspected Child neglect or abuse shall not be disclosed, without the consent of the individual, to any person other than a court of competent jurisdiction or an employee of the tribe, or state or federal government, who needs to know the information in the performance of such employee's duties.
b. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 3205 and 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, or any other provision of law, agencies of the tribe that investigate and treat incidents of Child abuse may provide information and records to those agencies of any other tribe, state, or the federal government that need to know the information in the performance of their duties.
c. CPS, the Tribal Police, and family court shall preserve a record of all investigative reports, interviews, documentary evidence, and hearings for each matter for twenty-five (25) years from the close-out of the matter.
d. All of these records shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection, except by those personnel directly involved in handling the case, the Bureaus of Indian Affairs, or any other person, having a legitimate interest in the particular case or work of the court, by order of the court.