2013 District of Columbia Code
Division I — GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT
Title 4 — PUBLIC CARE SYSTEMS
Chapter 13 — CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Subchapter II — REPORTS OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN
Section 4-1321.05 — Privileges; waiver.
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 14-306 and 14-307, neither the spouse or domestic partner privilege nor the physician-patient privilege shall be grounds for excluding evidence in any proceeding in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia concerning the welfare of a neglected child; provided, that a judge of the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia determines such privilege should be waived in the interest of justice.
History
(Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1355, Pub. L. 89-775, § 5; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 577, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 159(a); Sept. 23, 1977, D.C. Law 2-22, title I, § 103(f), 24 DCR 3341; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 13, 55 DCR 6758.)
Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 2-1355.
1973 Ed., § 2-165.
Effect of Amendments. D.C. Law 17-231 substituted "spouse or domestic partner" for "husband-wife".
Legislative History of Law 2-22. For legislative history of D.C. Law 2-22, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 4-1321.01.
Legislative History of Law 17-231. For Law 17-231, see notes following § 4-1301.02.
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