Section 112 - Coercive or violent relationship.

UT Code § 78B-19-112 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.

(2) 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.

(3) 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: (a) the party or the prospective party requests to begin or to continue a process; and (b) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.

(a) the party or the prospective party requests to begin or to continue a process; and

(b) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.