Montana Code Annotated 2017

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.