Writing a father-son column presents a unique opportunity to work together professionally. It allows us to share in an experience unlike any other we have had before, and we hope it will bring us closer together.

However much it strengthens our relationship, there is one thing it will not allow us to do: share confidences, secure in the knowledge that no matter what one of us tells the other, the other cannot be compelled to reveal that most private communication. The reason? New York has not codified a parent-child privilege, and as Fisch on New York Evidence explains, while “[a] parent-child privilege has begun to be recognized in this state … its outlines have not yet been sharply defined.” §751 Parent-Child Privilege (2008).

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