Confidential communications; compelling testimony; records;
temporary emergency shelters
Sec. 9. (a) The following persons may not be compelled to give
testimony or to produce records concerning confidential
communications in any judicial, legislative, or administrative
proceeding:
(1) A victim.
(2) A victim counselor, unless the victim consents to the
disclosure.
(3) An unemancipated child less than eighteen (18) years of age
or an incapacitated victim, unless a custodial parent, custodian,
guardian, or guardian ad litem who is not accused of a covered
act consents to the disclosure.
(b) A victim counselor or a victim may not be compelled to
provide testimony in any judicial, legislative, or administrative
proceeding that would identify the name, address, location, or
telephone number of any facility that provided temporary emergency
shelter to the victim of the offense or transaction that is the subject
of the proceeding unless the facility is a party to the proceeding.
As added by P.L.136-1987, SEC.5.
Last modified: May 24, 2006