Nevada Code § 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.

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