(a) Requirements.-- A collaborative law participation agreement must: (1) Be in writing. (2) Be signed by the parties. (3) State the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process. (4) Describe the nature and scope of the collaborative matter. (5) Identify the attorney who represents each party in the collaborative law process. (6) Include a statement that the representation of each attorney is limited to the collaborative law process and that the attorneys are disqualified from representing any party or nonparty participant in a proceeding related to a collaborative matter, consistent with this chapter. (b) Optional provisions.-- Parties may include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this chapter or other applicable law, including, but not limited to: (1) An agreement concerning confidentiality of collaborative communications. (2) An agreement that part or all of the collaborative law process will not be privileged in a proceeding. (3) The scope of voluntary disclosure. (4) The role of nonparty participants. (5) The retention and role of nonparty experts. (6) The manner and duration of a collaborative law process under sections 7403 (relating to beginning the collaborative law process) and 7406 (relating to concluding the collaborative law process). (c) Nonconforming agreements.-- This chapter shall apply to an agreement that does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) if: (1) The agreement indicates an intent to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement. (2) The agreement is signed by all parties. (3) A tribunal determines that the parties intended to and reasonably believed that they were entering into a collaborative law agreement subject to the requirements of this chapter.
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