Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 909 – Privileged communication not recognized
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(a) No legally recognized privilege, except that between attorney and client and that between priest and penitent in a sacramental confession, applies to situations involving known or suspected child abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment and does not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by § 903 of this title or to give or accept evidence in any judicial proceeding relating to child abuse or neglect.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 909
- Child: means any person who has not reached that person's own eighteenth birthday. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 902
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Neglect: means as defined in § 901 of Title 10. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 902
- Report: means the communication of an allegation of child abuse or neglect to the Department pursuant to § 903 or § 905 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 902
(b), (c) [Repealed.]
16 Del. C. 1953, § ?1007; 55 Del. Laws, c. 50, § ?1; 58 Del. Laws, c. 154; 60 Del. Laws, c. 494, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 199, § ?5; 81 Del. Laws, c. 144, § ?9; 83 Del. Laws, c. 228, § 1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 448, § 2;