There is no privilege under this article if the services of the psychotherapist were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit a crime or a tort or to escape detection or apprehension after the commission of a crime or a tort.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1018
Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 3 Cal. 4th 435 - Menendez v. Superior Court (1992)
Most recently applied in Mathews v. Becerra (December 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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