Ellison v. Ellison

919 P.2d 1 (1996)

Sherry Lou ELLISON, now Eldridge, Plaintiff/Respondent,

v.

Donald Wayne ELLISON, Defendant/Petitioner.

No. 86696

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 21, 1996.

J. Mark Dobbs, Dobbs & Crowder, Eufaula, for Petitioner.

Joseph L. Layden, Layden, Inc., McAlester, for Respondent.

SUMMERS, Justice.

The question before us is whether a parent may invoke a child's psychotherapist-patient privilege to prevent a psychologist from testifying in a proceeding to modify custody based upon allegations of physical and mental abuse suffered by that child. We conclude that she may not.

The father and mother…