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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353627</law_id><section_number>20-183</section_number><catch_line>Waiver and preclusion of privilege</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-182</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="13" identifier="11">Uniform Collaborative Law Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Privilege against disclosure of collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery" href="/20-182/">20-182</a> may be waived in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> or orally during a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> if it is expressly waived by all parties and, in the case of the <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> of a <span class="dictionary">nonparty participant</span>, it is also expressly waived by such participant. <a id="paragraph-1317500" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-183/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A person who makes a disclosure or representation about a <span class="dictionary">collaborative law communication</span> that prejudices another person in a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> shall not assert a <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Privilege against disclosure of collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery" href="/20-182/">20-182</a>; such preclusion applies only to the extent necessary for the person prejudiced to respond to the disclosure or representation. <a id="paragraph-1317501" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-183/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 346.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
