Legal Opinion
Laznovsky v. Laznovsky
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 11, 2000No. 65, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATHELL, Judge.
Petitioner, Christa Laznovsky, asks us to review a decision of the Court of Special Appeals that vacated an order of the Circuit Court for Talbot County awarding her custody of the minor children of her and respondent, Frank Laznovsky. She presents two questions:
1. Does a party seeking an award of sole custody place their mental health at issue, so as to require the disclosure of privileged mental health records?
2. Did the Court of Special Appeals err in requiring the disclosure of wife’s privileged mental health records?
I. Facts
The parties were married in 1985. They resided in…
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