Tex. Fam. Code § 15.116 · Subchapter C. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW PROCESS
AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding that an agreement fails to meet the requirements of Section 15.101 or that a lawyer has failed to comply with Section 15.111 or 15.112, a tribunal may find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative family law participation agreement if the parties:
(1) signed a record indicating an intent to enter into a collaborative family law participation agreement; and
(2) reasonably believed the parties were participating in a collaborative family law process.
(b) If a tribunal makes the findings specified in Subsection (a) and determines that the interests of justice require the following action, the tribunal may:
(1) enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated;
(2) apply the disqualification provisions of Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108; and
(3) apply the collaborative family law privilege under Section 15.114.
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 § 15.101REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.Printed as Section 15.101
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.106DISQUALIFICATION OF COLLABORATIVE LAWYER AND LAWYERS IN ASSOCIATED LAW FIRM; EXCEPTION.Printed as Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.107EXCEPTION FROM DISQUALIFICATION FOR REPRESENTATION OF LOW-INCOME PARTIES.Printed as Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.108GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AS PARTY.Printed as Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.111INFORMED CONSENT.Printed as Section 15.111 or 15.112
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.112FAMILY VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 15.111 or 15.112
- Tex. Fam. Code § 15.114PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW COMMUNICATION.Printed as Section 15.114
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