Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 40. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Part 1. Uniform Collaborative Law Act

Collaborative Law Participation Agreement -- Requirements

25-40-103. Collaborative law participation agreement -- requirements. (1) A collaborative law participation agreement must:

(a) be in a record;

(b) be signed by the parties;

(c) state the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this part;

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

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

(f) contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative law process.

(2) Parties may agree to include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this part.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 200, L. 2015.