Legal Opinion
In re O.L.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1990No. 89-229PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether, in a child neglect proceeding based on the mother’s alleged mental illness and drug abuse, the trial judge may, over the mother’s objection, “waive” her physician-patient privilege with respect to past professional evaluations of her mental condition. Substantially for the reasons stated by Judge A. Franklin Burgess, Jr. in his excellent opinion in In re D.H., 117 Daily Wash.L.Rptr. 2109 (Super.Ct.D.C.1989),1 we answer that question in the affirmative.2
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Helvering v. GowranSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Tuten v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by34 opinions
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