If youth care is provided to your child, you can view their youth care file or request a copy of this file. You can also have the details in the file amended. You can request this by letter or email to the youth care provider or youth care institution that keeps the file.
Last updated on 25 August 2025
Conditions for viewing your child’s youth care file
As a parent who has custody or a guardian, you can view your child’s youth care file under certain conditions. This file contains information about the youth care that is provided to your child. If your child is 16 years of age or older, you will usually need your child’s permission. Read all the conditions of viewing your child’s youth care file (in Dutch) in the fact sheet ‘De gegevens van uw kind vastgelegd: het dossier’ (‘Your child’s details recorded: the file’).
Having details in the youth care file amended
If the details in the youth care file are incorrect, you can request that these details be amended or deleted. For example, you can have the following details amended:
- an incorrect date of birth;
- incorrect details about the school;
- incorrect details about the course of previous assistance.
You cannot have all the details amended. For example, you cannot amend a care worker’s opinion. However, you can have your own opinion added to the file. The youth care worker or youth care institution will decide on the changes to the details.
Having details in the youth care file destroyed
You can also request in writing that details from the file be destroyed. The youth care worker or youth care institution will decide when this is possible. For example, this will not be possible if the details must be retained in the interests of another party.
Laws and regulations (in Dutch)
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The following persons are allowed to view the youth care file, unless the youth care worker believes that access to the file would be detrimental to the care that is being provided.
- Your child aged 12 or older.
- You, as the parent who has custody or the guardian, if your child is under 16 years of age. If your child is 16 years of age or older, you will usually need your child’s permission.
- The curator or mentor of your adult child.
- Care workers who are treating your child.
Others may only view the youth care file with the permission of:
- The parents who have custody or the guardian, if the child is under 12 years of age.
- The parents who have custody or the guardian, and the child if they are 12, 13, 14 or 15 years old and can represent their own interests.
- The parents who have custody or the guardian if the child is 12, 13, 14 or 15 years old but is unable to properly assess their own interests. For example, due to an intellectual disability.
- The child aged 16 or older.