LAUDERDALE COUNTY DHS v. T.H.G.

No. 90-CA-0713.

614 So.2d 377 (1992)

LAUDERDALE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, By Clayton R. BARNETT, Social Services Area Director and A.M.G., a Minor, By and Through Her Next Friend, Clayton R. Barnett v. T.H.G. and L.D.G.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Concurring Opinion March 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Kay Hardage, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, John L. Prichard, Deen Cameron & Prichard, Meridian, for appellants.

Leslie C. Gates, Meridian, for appellee.

Shirley Payne, Horn & Payne, Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE., C.J., HAWKINS, P.J., and McRAE, J.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

In this appeal from the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County, we consider the very narrow question of whether, in a termination of parental rights proceeding based on the mental illness of both natural parents, otherwise privileged medical and psychiatric information concerning the parents should be admissible, thus waiving any privilege. While we decline to create an exception to the evidentiary rule, Miss. R.Evid. 503, the psychiatrist...

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