C. Court mandated opening, closing.

Where a public agency or board considers matters declared confidential by statute, the Open Meetings Act does not preclude consideration of such matters in executive sessions closed to the public. Gillies v. Schmidt, 38 Colo. App. 233, 556 P.2d 82 (1976); see Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-6-402(3)(a)(III) and 24-6-402(4)(c) (executive session allowed to consider matters required to be kept confidential by federal or state law). A person seeking access to the records may apply to the court which shall conduct an in camera review of the records of the executive session. If the court determines that the action taken in executive session contravened the law, it shall order those portions of the recorded executive session be open to the public. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-204(5.5)(II)(C).

Thus, where an Inter-Agency Committee on Child Abuse held closed meetings to consider child abuse reports and records which are declared confidential by statute, the Open Meetings Law did not require public meetings where such confidential reports were considered. Gillies v. Schmidt, supra.