Does a court have the power to seal records?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Vance A., Matter of, 105 Misc.2d 254, 432 N.Y.S.2d 137 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1980):
14 See Matter of Dorothy D., 49 N.Y.2d 212, 215, 424 N.Y.S.2d 890, 400 N.E.2d 1342; Haynes v. Karasik, 47 N.Y.2d 659, 664, 419 N.Y.S.2d 942, 393 N.E.2d 1015 as to court's power to seal its records and to keep its proceedings confidential.
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