CODE OF VIRGINIA

WAIVER AND PRECLUSION OF PRIVILEGE (§ 20-183)

A. A privilege under § 20-182 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 such
participant.

B. A person who makes a disclosure or representation about a collaborative law
communication that prejudices another person in a proceeding shall not assert a
privilege under § 20-182; such preclusion applies only to the extent
necessary for the person prejudiced to respond to the disclosure or
representation.

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