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URL: | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama /1975/6-6-26.14.htm |
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Body: | Section 6-6-26.14 Coercive or violent relationship. (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) 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: (1) the party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and (2) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process. (Act 2013-355, p. 1267, ยง15.) |