NRS38.540. Prospective collaborative lawyer to make certain inquiries and assessments concerning relationship of parties.

      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.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 188)