Tex. Fam. Code § 15.108 · Subchapter C. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW PROCESS
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AS PARTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.014.
(b) The disqualification prescribed by Section 15.106(b) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party that is a governmental entity.
(c) After a collaborative family law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative lawyer is associated may represent a governmental entity in the collaborative family law matter or a matter related to the collaborative family law matter if:
(1) the collaborative family law participation agreement authorizes that representation; and
(2) the collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative family law matter or a matter related to the collaborative family law matter through procedures within the law firm that are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1048 (H.B. 3833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.106DISQUALIFICATION OF COLLABORATIVE LAWYER AND LAWYERS IN ASSOCIATED LAW FIRM; EXCEPTION.Printed as Sections 15.107 and 15.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.111INFORMED CONSENT.Printed as Section 15.106(d), 15.107, or 15.108(c)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.116AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.Printed as Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108
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