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Sen. Ruth Hardy proposes probate petition process to request autopsy reports
Summary
Sen. Ruth Hardy introduced S210 to create a probate-court petition allowing people who lack statutory priority to seek access to a decedent's autopsy report; the bill would require an affidavit, notification to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and permits the court to deny requests it deems inappropriate.
Sen. Ruth Hardy (Addison District) told the Health & Welfare committee she is sponsoring S210, a bill that would let the probate division of the Superior Court hear petitions for access to a decedent's autopsy report.
Hardy described a constituent whose adult daughter's autopsy report was not provided to the maternal relative after another person established paternity and moved ahead in the priority hierarchy. "It would create a process by which someone could petition the probate court…
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