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Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death - K-350
Pursuant to AB 403 (Tran) of the 2007 legislative session, the Commission studied "whether and, if so, under what circumstances, the attorney-client privilege should survive the death of the client." The Commission's recommendation on the matter was submitted before the due date of July 1, 2009. The Commission's recommendation was enacted by 2009 Cal. Stat. ch. 8.
Related Material
- Legislation
- Final Recommendation
- Tentative Recommendation
- Commission Decisions (Meeting Minutes)
- Staff Memoranda
Legislation
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2009: Assembly Bill 1163 (Tran) [Attorney-Client Privilege After Death of Client]
[Enacted as 2009 Cal. Stat. ch. 8]
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Final Recommendation
- Recommendation -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (February 2009)
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Tentative Recommendations and Other Requests for Comment
- Tentative Rec. -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (October 2008)
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Meeting Minutes
- February 19, 2009 Meeting in Sacramento
- October 29, 2008 Meeting in Burbank
- September 3, 2008 Meeting in Burbank
- June 5, 2008 Meeting in Sacramento
- February 14, 2008 Meeting in Sacramento
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Staff Memoranda
- Memo 2009-3, Supp. 1 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death: Comments on Tentative Recommendation (02/11/2009)
- Memo 2009-3 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death: Comments on Tentative Recommendation (01/30/2009)
- Memo 2008-46 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death: Draft Tentative Recommendation (10/20/2008)
- Memo 2008-45 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death: Clarification of Probate Code Section 12252 (09/23/2008)
- Memo 2008-35, Supp. 1 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Comments by Judge Joseph Harvey) (08/29/2008)
- Memo 2008-34, Supp. 1 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Comments of Paul Gordon Hoffman) (08/26/2008)
- Memo 2008-35 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death: Discussion of Alternatives (08/25/2008)
- Memo 2008-34 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Approaches) (8/11/2008)
- Memo 2008-20 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Approaches) (05/30/2008)
- Memo 2008-19 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Discussion of Issues) (05/20/2008)
- Memo 2008-29 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Comments of Los Angeles County Public Defender) (05/01/2008)
- Memo 2008-8 -- Attorney-Client Privilege After Client's Death (Scope of Study) (2/1/2008)