B.J. ex rel. A.J. v. J.O.

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Defendants T.O., a minor, J.O., his father, and E.O., his mother, all petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge, a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, to vacate and to countermand his order requiring T.O.’s psychiatrist to submit to deposition by the plaintiffs and to produce T.O.’s psychiatric records pursuant to the plaintiffs’ third-party subpoena. The issue is whether the defendant mother or defendant minor waived the latter’s right to assert his psychotherapist-patient privilege. We issue the writ.

B.J. and J.J., as parents, guardians, and next friends…