(a) Hearings. Attendance at all proceedings brought pursuant to W. Va. Code §55-7J-1, et seq. shall be limited to the parties, counsel, persons entitled to notice and the right to be heard, witnesses while testifying, Adult Protective Services personnel, and other persons whom the circuit court determines have a legitimate interest in the proceedings.
(b) Court Records. All records and information maintained by the courts in financial exploitation proceedings shall be kept confidential except as otherwise provided in this rule. In the interest of assuring that any determination made in proceedings before a circuit or magistrate court arising under W. Va. Code, Chapter 55, or W. Va. Code §61-2-29B, does not contravene any determination made by a circuit court in a related prior or pending financial exploitation case arising under W. Va. Code, Chapter 55, magistrate courts and staff shall have access to all circuit court orders and case indexes in this State in all such related Chapter 55 proceedings.