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IN RE CHRISTINA W.

No. 33133.

639 S.E.2d 770 (2006)

In re. CHRISTINA W., Sissy W., and Lisa W.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided: November 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Angela Alexander Ash, Assistant Attorney General, Princeton, for the Appellant, State of West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Julie Lynch, Mary Ellen Griffith, Child-Law Services, Inc., Princeton, for the Appellee, Guardians ad Litem.

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

This abuse and neglect case raises the legal question of whether a guardian ad litem owes a duty of confidentiality to his or her infant charge such that, where the infant demands confidentiality with respect to information regarding abuse that the infant discloses to the guardian ad litem, the guardian may be justified in not informing a circuit or family court of the abuse alleged by the infant.

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