[ Editor’s note: This section is effective January 1, 2022.]
- Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry into whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.
- Throughout a collaborative law process, a collaborative lawyer reasonably and continuously shall assess whether the party the collaborative lawyer represents has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party.
- If a collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the party the lawyer represents or the prospective party who consults the lawyer has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party or prospective party, the lawyer may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:
- The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and
- The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-143), ch. 142, p. 795, § 1, effective January 1, 2022.