{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-490-j-12","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 490-J:12","heading":"Appropriateness of Collaborative Law Process.","body":"Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall:\nI. Assess with the prospective party factors the lawyer reasonably believes relate to whether a collaborative law process is appropriate for the prospective party's matter;\nII. Provide the prospective party with information that the lawyer reasonably believes is sufficient for the party to make an informed decision about the material benefits and risks of a collaborative law process as compared to the material benefits and risks of other reasonably available alternatives for resolving the proposed collaborative matter, such as litigation, mediation, arbitration, or neutral evaluation; and\nIII. Advise the prospective party that:\n(a) After signing an agreement if a party initiates a proceeding or seeks court intervention in a pending proceeding related to the collaborative matter, the collaborative law process terminates;\n(b) Participation in a collaborative law process is voluntary and any party has the right to terminate unilaterally a collaborative law process with or without cause; and\n(c) The collaborative lawyer and any lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative lawyer is associated may not appear before a court to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative matter, except as authorized by RSA 490-J:9, III.","path":["Title LI: COURTS","Chapter 490-J: NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LI/490-J/490-J-12.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:42:50Z","sha256":"8762ff39cce6d65f9285bbfc560c745e4baefe5054d0899aecb595f0840a25cb","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-490-j-11","next":"us-nh/rsa-490-j-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}