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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure » Article 24 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act » § 13-24-104. Collaborative Law Participation Agreement – Requirements

[ Editor’s note: This section is effective January 1, 2022.]

  1. A collaborative law participation agreement must:
    1. Be in a record;
    2. Be signed by the parties;
    3. State the parties’ intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this article 24 as enacted in Colorado and informed consent concerning the consequences of the disqualification process;
    4. Describe the nature and scope of the matter;
    5. Identify the collaborative lawyer who represents each party in the process; and
    6. Contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the lawyer’s representation of a party in the collaborative law process.
  2. Parties may agree to include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this article 24.

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-143), ch. 142, p. 790, § 1, effective January 1, 2022.