CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...The Child Witness
......Testifying Damaging to Child
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Court may exclude child’s testimony when it might cause psychological damage to child, but would not materially affect ultimate determination.

Mother not deprived of constitut'l right to call C as witness where evidence indicated it would be detrimental to C to discuss permanency, and she did not have capacity to opine about adoption.