25-40-117. Waiver and preclusion of privilege, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 40. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Part 1. Uniform Collaborative Law Act

Waiver And Preclusion Of Privilege

25-40-117. Waiver and preclusion of privilege. (1) A privilege under 25-40-116 may be waived in a record or orally during a proceeding if it is expressly waived by all parties and, in the case of the privilege of a nonparty participant, it is also expressly waived by the nonparty participant.

(2) A person that makes a disclosure or representation about a collaborative law communication that prejudices another person in a proceeding may not assert a privilege under 25-40-116, but this preclusion applies only to the extent necessary for the person prejudiced to respond to the disclosure or representation.

History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 200, L. 2015.