Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-601: Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 46b-602 to 46b-621, inclusive:

(1) “Collaborative law communication” means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that: (A) Is made to conduct, participate in, continue or reconvene a collaborative law process; and (B) occurs after the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement and before the collaborative law process is concluded.

(2) “Collaborative law participation agreement” means an agreement by a person to participate in a collaborative law process.

(3) “Collaborative law process” means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which a person: (A) Signs a collaborative law participation agreement; and (B) is represented by a collaborative lawyer.

(4) “Collaborative lawyer” means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process.

(5) “Collaborative matter” means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem or issue for resolution, including a dispute, claim or issue in a proceeding, which is described in a collaborative law participation agreement and arises under the family or domestic relations law of this state, including:

(A) Marriage, divorce, dissolution, annulment and property distribution;

(B) Child custody, visitation and parenting time;

(C) Alimony, maintenance and child support;

(D) Adoption;

(E) Parentage; and

(F) Premarital, marital and postmarital agreements.

(6) “Law firm” means: (A) Lawyers who practice law together in a partnership, professional corporation, sole proprietorship, limited liability company or association; and (B) lawyers who are employed in a legal services organization, or the legal department of a corporation or other organization, or the legal department of a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality.

(7) “Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a party and the party's collaborative lawyer, that participates in a collaborative law process.

(8) “Party” means a person that signs a collaborative law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a collaborative matter.

(9) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.

(10) “Proceeding” means a judicial, administrative, arbitral or other adjudicative process before a tribunal, including related prehearing and post-hearing motions, conferences and discovery.

(11) “Prospective party” means a person that discusses with a prospective collaborative lawyer the possibility of signing a collaborative law participation agreement.

(12) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(13) “Related to a collaborative matter” means involving the same parties, dispute, transaction, claim, problem or issue for resolution as the collaborative matter.

(14) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to: (A) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (B) attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process.

(15) “Tribunal” means court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other body acting in an adjudicative capacity which, after presentation of evidence or legal argument, has jurisdiction to render a decision affecting a party's interests in a matter.