{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-23d-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:23D-5","heading":"Family collaborative law participation agreement.","body":"5. a. A family collaborative law participation agreement shall:\n(1)\tbe in a record;\n(2)\tbe signed by the parties;\n(3)\tstate the parties' intention to resolve a family law dispute through a family collaborative law process pursuant to P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.);\n(4)\tdescribe the nature and scope of the family law dispute;\n(5)\tidentify the family collaborative lawyer who represents each party in the process;\n(6)\tcontain a statement that a family collaborative lawyer's role is limited as defined in P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.), consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct promulgated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey;\n(7)\tset forth the manner by which a family collaborative law process begins and the manner by which it terminates or concludes in accordance with sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-6 and C.2A:23D-7);\n(8)\tstate that any family collaborative law communication of a party or a nonparty participant is confidential and subject to an evidentiary privilege under section 13 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-13), and that the privilege may be waived only expressly and by both parties or in the case of a nonparty participant, by the nonparty participant having the right to exercise the privilege; and\n(9)\tstate that the conduct of the family collaborative lawyer is governed by P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.), the Rules of Court adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and the Rules of Professional Conduct promulgated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey and that P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) does not alter the family collaborative lawyer's responsibilities to the client under the Rules of Professional Conduct and any other applicable Rules of Court.\nb.\tParties may agree to include in a family collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) or other applicable law.\nL.2014, c.50, s.5.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"92bb8a7303a5ff6876fe58c44bb4966fdfd822f5cf2e1ce559e3c6b2db279343","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-23d-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-23d-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}