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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 34 - Professions and Businesses. » Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists. » Section 34-17A-22 – Therapists – Testimony in Alimony or Divorce Actions.

Section 34-17A-22

Therapists – Testimony in alimony or divorce actions.

If both parties to a marriage have obtained marriage and family therapy by a licensed marriage and family therapist, the therapist shall not be competent to testify in an alimony or divorce action concerning information acquired in the course of the therapeutic relationship. This section shall not apply to custody actions.

(Acts 1997, No. 97-170, p. 247, §22.)