Florida Senate Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Lawyer-client Privilege

Sen. John Thrasher [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-04-07		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/12/11, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 57
2011-02-09		Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 57
2011-01-28		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
90	5021		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/708
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0708/BillText/Filed/HTML