{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-40-114","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-40-114","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 whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.\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(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(a) the party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and\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 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 40. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION","Part 1. Uniform Collaborative Law Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0400/part_0010/section_0140/0250-0400-0010-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:19Z","sha256":"d394d2b73bec7be37a59ea083a304d0ca772e61aa97b85826772c9663f419226","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-40-113","next":"us-mt/25-40-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}