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West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: October 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 3. Courts of General Jurisdiction--Jurisdiction/Special Causes of Action (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 20. Maryland Uniform Collaborative Law Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-2009
§ 3-2009. Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery
Currentness
In general
(a) Subject to §§ 3-2011 and 3-2012 of this subtitle, a collaborative law communication is privileged under subsection (b) of this section, is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence.
Applicability of section
(b) In a proceeding, the following privileges apply:
(1) A party may refuse to disclose and may prevent any other person from disclosing a collaborative law communication; and
(2) A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose and may prevent any other person from disclosing a collaborative law communication of the nonparty participant.
Evidence and information used in collaborative law process subject to discovery
(c) Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from discovery solely because of its disclosure or use in a collaborative law process.

Credits

Added by Acts 2014, c. 342, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-2009, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 3-2009
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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