Montana Title 25. Civil Procedure § 25-40-118. Limits of privilege

(1) There is no privilege under 25-40-116 for a collaborative law communication that is:

(2) The privileges under 25-40-116 for a collaborative law communication do not apply to the extent that a communication is:

(3) There is no privilege under 25-40-116 if a tribunal finds, after a hearing in camera, that the party seeking discovery or the proponent of the evidence has shown the evidence is not otherwise available, the need for the evidence substantially outweighs the interest of protecting confidentiality, and the collaborative law communication is sought or offered in:

(4) If a collaborative law communication is subject to an exception under subsection (2) or (3), only the part of the communication necessary for the application of the exception may be disclosed or admitted.

(5) Disclosure or admission of evidence excepted from the privilege under subsection (2) or (3) does not make the evidence or any other collaborative law communication discoverable or admissible for any other purpose.

(6) The privileges under 25-40-116 do not apply if the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or if a record of a proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a collaborative law process is not privileged. This subsection does not apply to a collaborative law communication made by a person that did not receive actual notice of the agreement before the communication was made.