Opinion ID: 4416368
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Permitted by the court for good cause.

Text: Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1104(b). Section 16-90-1104(b)(2) includes an exception for disclosures required by law, but the exception is clarified by Arkansas’s Child Maltreatment Act, which states that [a]ny data, records, reports, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Arkansas State Police, or other entity authorized under this chapter to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq. Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-104(a). The City and County’s reports were “documents” “created, collected, or compiled” by “entit[ies] authorized . . . to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families” as defined by the Act. See id. The County prosecutor’s filing of a FINS petition in response to a City police request also -10- to constitutional protection. The appellees have stated a plausible claim for the violation of their constitutional right to confidentiality.