State Ex Rel. Hope House, Inc. v. Merrigan

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Hope House, Inc., a domestic violence shelter, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent from denying a mo*46tion to quash the subpoena of records pertaining to Maria Martinez’s stay at its shelter. The underlying case involves a juvenile officer’s petition alleging child abuse and neglect by Ms. Martinez. The issue presented is whether section 455.220, which establishes strict confidentiality requirements to safeguard the identity and location of shelter residents, is subject to the limitation on privileged communications set forth in section 210.140.1…