NRS 38.540 Prospective collaborative lawyer to make certain inquiries and assessments concerning relationship of parties.

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1. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer must make reasonable inquiry into 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 shall not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:

(a)The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing the collaborative law process; and

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