Tex. Fam. Code § 15.111 · Subchapter C. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW PROCESS
INFORMED CONSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before a prospective party signs a collaborative family law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer must:
(1) assess with the prospective party factors the lawyer reasonably believes relate to whether a collaborative family law process is appropriate for the prospective party's matter;
(2) provide the prospective party with information that the lawyer reasonably believes is sufficient for the prospective party to make an informed decision about the material benefits and risks of a collaborative family law process as compared to the material benefits and risks of other reasonably available alternatives for resolving the proposed collaborative matter, including litigation, mediation, arbitration, or expert evaluation; and
(3) advise the prospective party that:
(A) after signing an agreement, if a party initiates a proceeding or seeks tribunal intervention in a pending proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter, the collaborative family law process terminates;
(B) participation in a collaborative family law process is voluntary and any party has the right to terminate unilaterally a collaborative family law process with or without cause; and
(C) the collaborative lawyer and any lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative lawyer is associated may not appear before a tribunal to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative family law matter, except as authorized by Section 15.106(d), 15.107, or 15.108(c).
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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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.15.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.106DISQUALIFICATION OF COLLABORATIVE LAWYER AND LAWYERS IN ASSOCIATED LAW FIRM; EXCEPTION.Printed as Section 15.106(d), 15.107, or 15.108(c)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.107EXCEPTION FROM DISQUALIFICATION FOR REPRESENTATION OF LOW-INCOME PARTIES.Printed as Section 15.106(d), 15.107, or 15.108(c)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.108GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AS PARTY.Printed as Section 15.106(d), 15.107, or 15.108(c)
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