STATE EX REL. HOPE HOUSE, INC. v. MERRIGAN

No. SC 85638.

133 S.W.3d 44 (2004)

STATE ex rel. HOPE HOUSE, INC., Relator, v. Commissioner Molly M. MERRIGAN, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Family Court Division, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Modification Denied May 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary F. Weir, Independence, for appellant.

Polly S. Bartle, Melissa A. Stanosheck, Teresa L. Steelman, Kansas City, for respondent.

A. Renae Adamson, Kansas City, Guardian ad Litum.

Lynn W. Judkins, Kansas City, for Natural Mother.


RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Hope House, Inc., a domestic violence shelter, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent from denying a motion to quash the subpoena of records pertaining to Maria Martinez's stay at its shelter. The underlying case involves a juvenile officer's petition alleging child abuse and neglect by Ms. Martinez. The issue presented is whether section 455.220, which establishes strict confidentiality...

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