{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-38.490","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 38.490","heading":"Collaborative law process: Commencement; participation; conclusion; termination; withdrawal of collaborative attorney; continuation after discharge or withdrawal of collaborative lawyer.","body":"1. A collaborative law process begins when the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement.\n2. A tribunal may not order a party to participate in a collaborative law process over the objection of that party.\n3. A collaborative law process is concluded by a:\n(a) Resolution of a collaborative matter as evidenced by a signed record;\n(b) Resolution of a part of the collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record, in which the parties agree that the remaining parts of the collaborative matter will not be resolved in the collaborative law process; or\n(c) Termination of the collaborative law process.\n4. A collaborative law process terminates:\n(a) When a party gives notice to other parties in a record that the collaborative law process is ended;\n(b) When a party:\n(1) Begins a proceeding related to a collaborative matter without the agreement of all parties; or\n(2) In a pending proceeding related to the collaborative matter:\n(I) Initiates a pleading, motion, order to show cause or request for a conference with the tribunal;\n(II) Requests that the proceeding be put on the tribunal’s active calendar; or\n(III) Takes similar action requiring notice to be sent to the parties; or\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, when a party discharges a collaborative lawyer or a collaborative lawyer withdraws from further representation of a party.\n5. The collaborative lawyer of a party shall give prompt notice to all other parties in a record of the discharge or withdrawal of the collaborative lawyer.\n6. A party may terminate a collaborative law process with or without cause.\n7. Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer, a collaborative law process continues if, not later than 30 days after the date that the notice of the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer required by subsection 5 is sent to the parties:\n(a) The unrepresented party engages a successor collaborative lawyer; and\n(b) In a signed record:\n(1) The parties consent to continue the process by reaffirming the collaborative law participation agreement;\n(2) The agreement is amended to identify the successor collaborative lawyer; and\n(3) The successor collaborative lawyer confirms the lawyer’s representation of a party in the collaborative process.\n8. A collaborative law process does not conclude if, with the consent of the parties, a party requests a tribunal to approve a resolution of the collaborative matter or any part thereof as evidenced by a signed record.\n9. A collaborative law participation agreement may provide additional methods of concluding a collaborative law process.","path":["TITLE 3 — REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 38 - MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION","COLLABORATIVE LAW (UNIFORM ACT)"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-038.html#NRS038Sec490","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"112f3ee59abe42a672948b34b2630c4b2c7589d835f7a2f4774ac6118a7749b3","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-38.485","next":"us-nv/nrs-38.495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}