The Florida Senate

SB 708: Lawyer-client Privilege

GENERAL BILL by Thrasher

Lawyer-client Privilege; Provides that a client acts as a fiduciary when serving as a personal representative, a trustee, an administrator ad litem, a curator, a guardian or guardian ad litem, a conservator, or an attorney in fact. Provides that a communication between a lawyer and a client acting as a fiduciary is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client were not acting as a fiduciary. Provides that the act does not affect the crime or fraud exception to the lawyer-client privilege, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/28/2011	Senate	• Filed
  2/9/2011	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 57
  3/8/2011	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 57
  4/7/2011	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/12/11, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
  5/7/2011	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 325 (Ch. 2011-183)

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• SB 708, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/28/2011 at 11:11 AM

  Bill Text:	| PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 4/11/2011 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 325 (er)	Estates	Wood	Compare	Last Action: 6/23/2011 Chapter No. 2011-183 Location: Became Law
  S 648 (c1)	Estates	Joyner	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/2011 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 325 (Ch. 2011-183) -SJ 595 Location: Laid on Table

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  90.5021		Page 1 (pdf)

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