Is there a law of protection for a parent to not have to submit a statement against their child

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Is there a law of protection for a parent to not have to submit a statement against their child

child resides in Tampa, Florida committed a criminal offense at 17 months or weeks before 18th birthday. He is now being tried as an adult. The father is being ordered to court to identify child in photo. State says there is adequate evidence that the minor child committed the crime but is requiring father who wasn’t present at any scenes of the crimes to testify against his son. Is there any law that protects a parent from having to

Asked on August 29, 2017 under Criminal Law, Florida

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

Your state does not recognize any parent-child testimonial privilege in court. The father can be compelled to testify against his son; obviously, he can only testify about things he knows, so he can be asked to ID his child from a photo, but can't testify about where his chld was or what his child was doing then if he does not in fact know.


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