{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-26.14","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 6-6-26.14","heading":"Coercive or Violent Relationship.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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:\n(1) the party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and\n(2) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.","path":["Title 6 Civil Practice.","Chapter 6 Remedies.","Article 1 Settlement of Controversies.","Division 4 Alabama Uniform Collaborative Law Act."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-6-26.14","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"b04ac34f393fb0d811a0495267e3a6c23e8b854f9886ad821048b76fc76b02a6","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-26.13","next":"us-al/ala.-code-6-6-26.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}