Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

The file may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the minor capable of discernment, the parents or their lawyers, if they are assisted or represented, until a decision is made on the petition. Where the provisions of articles 387-3, 387-4 or 387-5 of the Civil Code are applied, the minor capable of discernment or one of his parents and their counsel may request to consult the file…

The lawyer for the minor or the minor’s parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor or to a third party. The judge may authorise, at their request and on justification of a legitimate interest, the issue of a copy of one or more documents in the case file…