Testimonial Privilege

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1. Which relationship is expressly covered by Rule 130, Section 25's parental and filial privilege?
2. Does Section 25 create an absolute prohibition on all voluntary testimony between parents and children?
3. Under Rule 130, Section 26, when may a trade-secret privilege yield to compelled testimony?
4. An adult is compelled to testify against a sibling and invokes Section 25 solely because of sibling kinship. Does that …
5. A court directs disclosure of a trade secret because nondisclosure would conceal fraud. May it disregard protection for…
6. A child is asked to testify against one parent in a prosecution for a crime by that parent against the other parent. Th…
7. A witness is compelled to testify against a direct ascendant in an ordinary civil dispute. No crime against the witness…
8. Explain the persons protected by Rule 130, Section 25 and the limits of treating the provision as a blanket ban on fami…
9. A party seeks compelled disclosure of a genuine trade secret, showing that nondisclosure would conceal fraud. Explain b…
10. Compare a demand for a sibling's testimony based solely on kinship with a demand for a child's indispensable testimony …
11. Does Section25’s phrase other direct ascendants include a grandparent?
12. Does Section25 protect an ascendant from compulsion to testify against a direct descendant, as well as the reverse?