Tennessee § 37-1-411 Evidentiary privileges not applicable to child abuse cases

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§ 37-1-411 — Evidentiary privileges not applicable to child abuse cases

Tennessee § 37-1-411

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-411 (2026).

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Neither the husband-wife privilege as preserved in § 24-1-201 , nor the psychiatrist-patient privilege as set forth in § 24-1-207 , nor the psychologist-patient privilege as set forth in § 63-11-213 is a ground for excluding evidence regarding harm or the cause of harm to a child in any dependency and neglect proceeding resulting from a report of such harm under § 37-1-403 or a criminal prosecution for severe child abuse.

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Neither the husband-wife privilege as preserved in § 24-1-201 , nor the psychiatrist-patient privilege as set forth in § 24-1-207 , nor the psychologist-patient privilege as set forth in § 63-11-213 is a ground for excluding evidence regarding harm or the cause of harm to a child in any dependency and neglect proceeding resulting from a report of such harm under § 37-1-403 or a criminal prosecution for severe child abuse.