§ 19-16-33 (Rule 804(b)(4)) Statements as to personal or family history admissible if declarant unavailable

19-16-33. (Rule 804(b)(4)) Statements as to personal or family history admissible if declarant unavailable

    The following are not excluded by § 19-16-4 if the declarant is unavailable as a witness:

    (1) A statement concerning the declarant's own birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, legitimacy, relationship by blood, adoption or marriage, ancestry, or other similar fact of personal or family history, even though declarant had no means of acquiring personal knowledge of the matter stated; or

    (2) A statement concerning the foregoing matters, and death also, of another person, if the declarant was related to the other by blood, adoption, or marriage or was so intimately associated with the other's family as to be likely to have accurate
information concerning the matter declared.