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In re O.L.

No. 89-229.

584 A.2d 1230 (1990)

In re O.L. Appeal of B.L.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Hluchyj, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant B.L.

Ann Sungmie Suh, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellee O.L.

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether, in a child neglect proceeding based on the mother's alleged mental illness and drug abuse, the trial judge may, over the mother's objection, "waive" her physician-patient privilege with respect to past professional evaluations of her mental condition. Substantially for the reasons stated by Judge A. Franklin Burgess, Jr. in his excellent opinion in In re D.H., 117 Daily Wash...

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