750 ILCS 90/15: Collaborative process participation agreement; requirements.

(a) A collaborative process participation agreement must:

(1) be in a record;

(2) be signed by the parties;

(3) state the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative process matter through a collaborative process under this Act;

(4) state the parties' agreement to discharge their collaborative process lawyers and law firms if the collaborative process fails.

(5) describe the nature and scope of the matter;

(6) identify the collaborative process lawyer who represents each party in the process; and

(7) contain a statement by each collaborative process lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative process.

(b) Parties may agree to include in a collaborative process participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this Act.