{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-38.540","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 38.540","heading":"Prospective collaborative lawyer to make certain inquiries and assessments concerning relationship of parties.","body":"1. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer must make reasonable inquiry into whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.\n2. 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.\n3. 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 shall not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:\n(a) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing the collaborative law process; and\n(b) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during the 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#NRS038Sec540","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"6702941ef12127ac6270014bfac93ada200a015b95637a38ab9d1d23ae45d4f3","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-38.535","next":"us-nv/nrs-38.545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}