Tex. Fam. Code § 93.003 · Chapter 93. CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A victim has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another from disclosing a confidential communication described by Section 93.002.
(b) The privilege may be claimed by:
(1) a victim or a victim's attorney on a victim's behalf;
(2) a parent, guardian, or conservator of a victim under 18 years of age; or
(3) an advocate or a family violence center on a victim's behalf.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1091 (H.B. 3649), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.93.htm
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