California Evidence Code 957 – There is no privilege under this article as to a communication …
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There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased client, regardless of whether the claims are by testate or intestate succession, nonprobate transfer, or inter vivos transaction.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 8, Sec. 2. (AB 1163) Effective January 1, 2010.)
Terms Used In California Evidence Code 957
- client: means a person who, directly or through an authorized representative, consults a lawyer for the purpose of retaining the lawyer or securing legal service or advice from him in his professional capacity, and includes an incompetent (a) who himself so consults the lawyer or (b) whose guardian or conservator so consults the lawyer in behalf of the incompetent. See California Evidence Code 951
- Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Testate: To die leaving a will.