                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF COLLABORATIVE LAW COMMUNICATION; ADMISSIBILITY;
DISCOVERY (§ 20-182)

A. Subject to &#xA7;&#xA7; 20-183 and 20-184, a collaborative law communication
is privileged under subsection B, is not subject to discovery, and is not
admissible in evidence.

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.

   2. A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other
   person from disclosing, a collaborative law communication of the nonparty
   participant.

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.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 346.