{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-660","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-660","heading":"Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance.","body":"(a)\tIf an agreement fails to meet the requirements of G.S. 1-644 or a lawyer fails to comply with G.S. 1-654, a tribunal may nonetheless find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement if they did both of the following:\n(1)\tSigned a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement.\n(2)\tReasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process.\n(b)\tIf a tribunal makes the findings specified in subsection (a) of this section and the interests of justice require, the tribunal may do all of the following:\n(1)\tEnforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the collaborative law process in which the parties participated.\n(2)\tApply the disqualification provisions in G.S. 1-645, 1-646, 1-647, 1-649, 1-650, and 1-651.\n(3)\tApply a privilege under G.S. 1-657. (2020-65, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER XV. INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS.","Article 53. Uniform Collaborative Law Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-660.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"e1dc758ea7700d56e2ebd0eb1ec41390257c9bd3c73a2983e0d6f1e76bb984b9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-659","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-661"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}