{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4017","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4017","heading":"Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery.","body":"(a)\nSubject to §§ 16-4018 and 16-4019, a collaborative law communication is privileged under subsection (b) of this section, is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible as evidence.\n\n(b)\nIn a proceeding, the following privileges apply:\n(1)\nA party may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative law communication.\n(2)\nA nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative law communication of the nonparty participant.\n\n(c)\nEvidence 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.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 40. Collaborative Law; Uniform Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-4017","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"43fe169846681d421f2361f017c8a860e9104f730dffb5460757b3c4d5c6f42c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4016","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}