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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-11-304. Applicability of Title 24; privileges.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-11-304. Applicability of Title 24; privileges.

Except as provided in this Code section, hearings to terminate parental rights shall be conducted in accordance with Title 24. Testimony or other evidence relevant to determining whether a statutory ground for termination of parental rights exists may not be excluded on any ground of privilege, except in the case of:

(1) Communications between a party and his or her attorney; and

(2) Confessions or communications between a priest, rabbi, or duly ordained minister or similar functionary and his or her confidential communicant.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-11-304, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-22/SB 364.