State v. A.G.S.

¶1 By statute, all juvenile offender records must be kept confidential except those in the “official juvenile court file,” which are open to the public. RCW *27513.50.010(l)(b), .050. In this case, we address whether a particular type of report about a juvenile offender- — a special sex offender disposition alternative (SSODA) evaluation, RCW 13.40.162 — should be filed in the official juvenile court file and therefore be open to the public. The legislature has explicitly defined the contents of the official juvenile court file as “the petition or information, motions, memorandums, briefs, findings…