1.27.240 Custody Hearings: Priority; Costs; Record

(a) Custody proceedings shall receive priority in being set for hearing.

(b) The Court may impose as costs to the parties, the payment of necessary travel and other expenses incurred by any person whose presence at the hearing the Court deems necessary to determine the best interest of the child.

(c) The Court shall determine questions of law and fact. If it finds that public hearing may be detrimental to the child's best interest, the Court may exclude the public from a custody hearing, but may admit any person who has a direct and legitimate interest in the work of the Court.

(d) If the Court finds that to protect the child's welfare, the record of any interview, report, investigation, or testimony in a custody proceeding should be kept secret, the Court may then make an appropriate order sealing the record.