2018 Maryland Code
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action
Subtitle 20 - Maryland Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
§ 3-2009. Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery.
(a) Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication. -- Subject to ยงยง 3-2011 and 3-2012 of this subtitle, a collaborative law communication is privileged under subsection (b) of this section, is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence.
(b) What privileges apply. -- 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; and
(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) Admissibility and discovery. -- 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.
