Bishop v. State

In Bishop v. State, 241 Ga. App. 517 (526 S.E.2d 917) (1999), the minor child had not consented to the recording of a telephone conversation at the time of the conversation. This Court held that the parents of a minor child could not vicariously consent to the recording of private telephone conversations on behalf of the child. Id. at 522. That holding has no application in the present case since J. C. consented to the recording. Malone relies on dicta in the opinion in which the Court stated that "the only person who can consent to an interception is a superior court judge, although the judge also must have the consent of the minor child." Id.