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Colorado justices permit limited disclosure of medical records during contested will proceedings
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The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a Weld County judge properly allowed for disclosure of a deceased man’s medical records in the dispute between his children over the validity of his will. Writing in the June 10 opinion, Justice Melissa Hart acknowledged that physician-patient confidentiality, much like attorney-client confidentiality, applies even after a…