IN RE TERRY W.

Docket No. 27488.

59 Cal.App.3d 745 (1976)

130 Cal. Rptr. 913

In re TERRY W., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. CLARENCE E. CABELL, as Acting Chief Probation Officer, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TERRY W., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cedric Sarnoff, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Harold E. Shabo and Laurance S. Smith, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Shunji Asari and Penina S. Van Gelder, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

THOMPSON, J.

This appeal from an adjudication of delinquency pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 asserts that there should be a judicially declared evidentiary privilege exercisable by a child to prevent disclosure by his parent of communications made in the course of the parent-child relationship. Concluding that the privilege is not constitutionally required and is contrary to express statute, we affirm...

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