Oregon High Court: Advocate-Victim Privilege Shields Phone, Finance Records

( November 12, 2024, 12:11 PM EST) -- SALEM, Ore. — Protections from disclosure provided by an Oregon statute and evidentiary rule to communications between a domestic abuse victim and a qualified advocate also encompass any records related to services provided to the victim even if they do not specifically include confidential communications, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled, granting a women’s services provider’s petition for mandamus relief from a trial court’s order requiring it to provide a victim’s telephone and financial records....

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