Section 1-22-105 - Hearings to be closed; attendance of parties(a) Unless the court orders a hearing in open court, all hearings in adoption proceedings shall be confidential and held in closed court or court chambers. No person shall be admitted except court officials, parties to the proceeding, counsel, nonconsenting parents, the nonconsenting putative father of the child and witnesses. (b) The petitioners and the child shall appear at the hearing unless excused by the court.