State Ex Rel. Leas in Interest of O'Neal

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• holding privilege inapplicable in parent-termination case because communication between psychologist and patient was intended to be disclosed to others, and the examination was not for counseling or treatment
• holding privilege inapplicable in parent-termination case because communication between psychologist and patient was intended to be disclosed to others, and the examination was not for counseling or treatment
• applying amendment to statutory physician-patient privilege retroactively as procedural and rejecting argument that amendment changed defendant’s substantive rights in manner precluding retrospective application
• holding strictly procedural (nonsubstantive) changes in the law are applied retrospectively
• permitting clinical psychologist acting as an expert witness to use psychological testing and interviews to determine that parents were psychologically unfit to care for a child
• permitting clinical psychologist acting as an expert witness to use psychological testing and interviews to determine that parents were psychologically unfit to care for a child

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