2016 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 36. CIVIL REMEDIES AND DEFENSES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
658G. Hawaii Uniform Collaborative Law Act
658G-17 Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery.
[§658G-17] Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery. (a) Subject to sections 658G-18 and 658G-19, 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. [L 2012, c 207, pt of §1]
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