{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-24-115","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 13-24-115","heading":"Coercive or violent relationship.","body":"(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry into whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.\n\n(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.\n\n(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 may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:\n\n(a) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and\n\n(b) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.","path":["Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE","Article 24 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-13.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"15d744715e8f71bc9bbff92ea54ddaa8afad6110d35abb3c165cfdff8ecb9584","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-24-114","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-24-116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}