Sec. 15. Collaborative process participation agreement; requirements.

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(a)A collaborative process participation agreement must:

(1)be in a record;

(2)be signed by the parties;

(3)state the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative process matter through a

collaborative process under this Act;

(4)state the parties' agreement to discharge their collaborative process lawyers and

law firms if the collaborative process fails.

(5)describe the nature and scope of the matter;

(6)identify the collaborative process lawyer who represents each party in the process;

and

(7)contain a statement by each collaborative process lawyer confirming the lawyer's

representation of a party in the collaborative process.

(b)Parties may agree to include in a collaborative process participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this Act.