Bain v. SUPER. CT. IN AND FOR MARICOPA CTY.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that the scope of an implied waiver of the physician-patient privilege only extends to privileged communications concerning a specific condition that has been voluntarily placed at issue by the privilege holder
• explaining that a client may impliedly waive the psychologist- patient privilege by pursuing “a course of conduct inconsistent with observance of the privilege”
• explaining that a client may impliedly waive the psychologist- patient privilege by pursuing “a course of conduct inconsistent with observance of the privilege”
• noting that “statutes relating to the psychologist-patient privilege and the attorney-client privilege are unique by containing express provisions specifying the conduct which will be deemed a waiver of the privilege”
• holding a parent’s mental health is relevant in determining legal decision-making authority
• stating the psychologist/client privilege may be waived when the patient pursues a course of conduct inconsistent with the privilege

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).