| D.__Intentionally used to plan a crime, attempt to commit | or commit a crime or to conceal an ongoing crime or | ongoing criminal activity; |
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| E.__Sought or offered to prove or disprove a claim or | complaint of professional misconduct or malpractice filed | against a mediator; |
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| F.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, sought | or offered to prove or disprove a claim or complaint of | professional misconduct or malpractice filed against a | mediation party, nonparty participant or representative of | a party based on conduct occurring during a mediation; or |
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| G.__Sought or offered to prove or disprove abuse, neglect, | abandonment or exploitation in a proceeding in which a | child or adult protective services agency is a party, | unless the case is referred by a court to mediation and a | public agency participates. |
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| | 2.__Evidence not otherwise available.__There is no privilege | under section 10004 if a court, administrative agency or | arbitrator finds, after a hearing in camera, that the party | seeking discovery or the proponent of the evidence has shown | that the evidence is not otherwise available, that there is a | need for the evidence that substantially outweighs the | interest in protecting confidentiality and that the mediation | communication is sought or offered in: |
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| A.__A court proceeding involving a murder or a Class A, B | or C crime; or |
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| B.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a | proceeding to prove a claim to rescind or reform or a | defense to avoid liability on a contract arising out of | the mediation. |
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| | 3.__Mediator may not be compelled; certain situations.__A | mediator may not be compelled to provide evidence of a | mediation communication referred to in subsection 1, paragraph | F or subsection 2, paragraph B. |
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| | 4. Limitations.__If a mediation communication is not | privileged under subsection 1 or 2, only the portion of the | mediation communication necessary for the application of the | exception from nondisclosure may be admitted. Admission of | evidence under subsection 1 or 2 does not render the evidence, | or any other mediation communication, discoverable or | admissible for any | other purpose. |
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