(a) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-15

  • Collaborative law participation agreement: means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative law process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
  • Collaborative law process: means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which persons:

    (1) Sign a collaborative law participation agreement; and

    (2) Are represented by collaborative lawyers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2

  • Collaborative lawyer: means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
  • Party: means a person that signs a collaborative law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a collaborative matter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
  • Prospective party: means a person that discusses with a prospective collaborative lawyer the possibility of signing a collaborative law participation agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
(b) 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.
(c) 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 may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:

(1) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and
(2) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.
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