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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-11-302. Confidentiality of testimony of parties.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-11-302. Confidentiality of testimony of parties.

The record of the testimony of the parties adduced in any proceeding under this article shall not be admissible in any civil, criminal, or any other cause or proceedings in any court against a person named as respondent for any purpose whatsoever, except in subsequent dependency or termination proceedings involving the same child or dependency or termination proceedings involving the same respondent.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-11-302, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.