(a) The records of cases arising out of an action brought under this subchapter in which the petitioner or respondent is a minor must be withheld from public inspection except by order of the court; but such records must be open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of the minor, such minor’s parent, guardian and attorney and to the petitioner and the petitioner’s attorney.
(b) The petitioner’s residential address, residential telephone number, mobile phone number and workplace name, address and telephone number, contained within the Court’s records of cases arising out of an action brought by a petitioner under this subchapter, are confidential and must be withheld from public inspection, except by order of the Court provided; unless the petitioner specifically requests that this information be withheld from the order, that the petitioner’s residential address and workplace address appear on the court order and be accessible to the respondent and the respondent’s attorney. All confidential portions of the records must be accessible at all reasonable times to the petitioner and petitioner’s attorney, to others specifically authorized by the petitioner to obtain such information and to prosecutors, victim-witness advocates, sexual assault counselors and peace officers, if such access is necessary in the performance of their duties. This section applies to any protection order issued by another jurisdiction. The confidential portions of the court records shall not be deemed to be public records.