CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...The Child Witness
......Competency
.........Std: Chld Depnd. Hearsay Exc.
2 Cards On This Topic:

Admissibility of M’s statements re abuse admitted under child dependency hearsay exception does not require finding of competency at time statements made.

Reversible error to admit M’s hearsay stmts in social report where not determined if M understand duty to tell truth or if stmts admissible under child dependency exception.