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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Dallet finds the circuit court improperly determined that the son does not have standing to challenge a limited review of his mental health and counseling records requested by defendant, his father accused of multiple felonies connected to sexually assaulting the son and his sister. A case in Wisconsin legal precedent allowing a criminal defendant to obtain limited review of a victim's otherwise private and privileged health records must be overturned, in part because it undermines the therapist-patient relationship, it is unworkable because it cannot be consistently applied, and it does not cohere with reconfigurations of the rights of victims and accused persons brought about by a recent amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution known as Marsy's Law, as well as decades of changes removing barriers to prosecuting sexual assault and domestic violence cases. The court of appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded for the circuit court to deny defendant's motion for in camera review of his son's private, privileged health records. Reversed.