Spousal communication privilege 'has outlived its useful life,' state supreme court says

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS, ABA Journal, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019, 10:55 AM CDT

Update: The New Mexico Supreme Court retrated this decision (to abolish spousal privileges) in 2020, and referred to the Rules of Evidence Committee the matter of whether the should be amended or abolished or should remain unchanged.

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