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SENATE BILL NO. 761 Offered January 9, 2013 Prefiled December 17, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-109, relating to fiduciary attorney-client privilege. ---------- Patron-- Edwards ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-109 as follows:

§ 64.2-109. Fiduciary attorney-client privilege.

A communication between an attorney 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. For the purposes of a communication under this section, only the person acting as a fiduciary is considered the client of the attorney.