HRS §658G-17
Keeping collaborative law talks private
This section makes communications made during a collaborative law process private. They cannot be used in court or forced to be shared, except as allowed by other rules. Information that was already allowed in court stays allowed even if it was mentioned in the process.
The statute, as written — - 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.
Sections this one refers to
§658G-18 Giving up the privacy protection in collaborative law
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