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K.S.A. § 38-818 (2026)

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38-818.

History: L. 1957, ch. 256, § 18; L. 1976, ch. 207, § 19; L. 1978, ch. 158, § 16; Repealed, L. 1982, ch. 182, § 150; January 1, 1983.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. In deprived child-parental severance proceeding, if mental and physical condition of parent and child are in issue, physician-patient, psychologist-client privilege waived. In re Zappa, 6 Kan. App. 2d 633, 638, 631 P.2d 1245 (1981).


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1981–1984 · leading case: In the Interest of Baby Boy Bryant, 689 P.2d 1203 (Kan. Ct. App. 1984).
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In the Interest of Baby Boy Bryant, 689 P.2d 1203 (Kan. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “Thus, it would appear that in the absence of a guardianship and conservatorship for Baby Boy Bryant, the guardian of the baby’s mother is a “parent” and service on the incompetent mother’s guardian is required by K.S.A. 38-818 (now K.S.A. 1983 Supp. 38-1533).”
In the Interest of Zappa, 631 P.2d 1245 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). “” In a deprived child-parental severance proceeding under K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 38-818 et seq., the privilege issue raised by appellant must be considered in light of two exceptions to the physician-patient privilege.”
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