Va. Code Ann. § 20-182
Privilege against disclosure of collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery
Effective Jul 1, 20212021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 346.
- A. Subject to §§ 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.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 346.