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STATE EX REL. HUSGEN v. STUSSIE

No. 43448.

617 S.W.2d 414 (1981)

STATE ex rel. Beverly A. HUSGEN, Relator, v. Hon. Harry J. STUSSIE, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 15, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied July 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Campbell, St. Louis, for relator.

David B. Freyman, Clayton, for respondent.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied May 15, 1981.

REINHARD, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The issue presented is whether a party in a dissolution of marriage proceeding, who seeks custody of the children, can utilize the statutory physician-patient privilege to block discovery of medical evidence relating to that party's present and past history of psychiatric treatment.

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