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Ma. Paz Fernandez Krohn Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MA. PAZ FERNANDEZ KROHN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and EDGAR KROHN, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 108854 | 1994-06-14

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

A confidential psychiatric evaluation report is being presented in evidence before the trial court in a petition for annulment of marriage grounded on psychological incapacity. The witness testifying on the report is the husband who initiated the annulment proceedings, not the physician who prepared the report.

The subject of the evaluation report, Ma. Paz Fernandez Krohn, invoking the rule on privileged communication between physician and patient, seeks to enjoin her husband from disclosing the contents of the report. After failing to convince the trial court and the appellate court, she is now before...