§ 34-46-3-1 — Persons not required to testify

Indiana § 34-46-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 46: PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
• Ch. 3: Privileges of Attorneys, Physicians, Clergymen, and

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Except as otherwise provided by statute, the
following persons shall not be required to testify regarding the
following communications:
(1) Attorneys, as to confidential communications made to them in
the course of their professional business, and as to advice given
in such cases.
(2) Physicians, as to matters communicated to them by patients,
in the course of their professional business, or advice given in
such cases.
(3) Clergymen, as to the following confessions, admissions, or
confidential communications:
(A) Confessions or admissions made to a clergyman in the
course of discipline enjoined by the clergyman's church.
(B) A confidential communication made to a clergyman in the
clergyman's professional character as a spiritual adviser or
counselor.
(4) Husband and wife, as to communications made to each other.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-5 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.