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2007 SESSION

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SB 737 Custody and visitation cases; court may order confidential parental mental health records.

Introduced by: Ken T. Cuccinelli, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Admissibility of mental health care records in custody and visitation cases.  Repeals the current law which provides that in any case in which custody or visitation of a child is at issue, the mental health records concerning a parent shall be privileged and confidential and the mental health care provider may not be required to testify on behalf of or against a parent or any of the parent's adult relatives.

FULL TEXT

• 10/11/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070001720  pdf

HISTORY

• 10/11/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070001720
• 10/11/06  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/22/07  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N)
• 01/24/07  Senate: Reconsidered by Courts of Justice
• 01/24/07  Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)