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IN RE BRENDA H.

No. 78-239.

119 N.H. 382 (1979)

In re BRENDA H.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bjorn R. Lange, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, for the parents of Brenda H.

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (David W. Marshall, assistant attorney general, orally), for the State.

DOUGLAS, J.

This case requires us to resolve questions concerning the confidentiality of physician-patient and psychologist-patient communications in child-neglect proceedings under RSA ch. 169, as amended (Cum. Supp. 1978), and the State's burden of proof in these proceedings.

Custody of Brenda H. was awarded temporarily to the division of welfare under RSA ch. 169 on July 6, 1977. In December 1977, Brenda's parents were granted occasional visitation...

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