{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-15.116","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 15.116","heading":"AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding that an agreement fails to meet the requirements of Section 15.101 or that a lawyer has failed to comply with Section 15.111 or 15.112, a tribunal may find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative family law participation agreement if the parties:\n(1) signed a record indicating an intent to enter into a collaborative family law participation agreement; and\n(2) reasonably believed the parties were participating in a collaborative family law process.\n(b) If a tribunal makes the findings specified in Subsection (a) and determines that the interests of justice require the following action, the tribunal may:\n(1) enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated;\n(2) apply the disqualification provisions of Sections 15.106, 15.107, and 15.108; and\n(3) apply the collaborative family law privilege under Section 15.114.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1048 (H.B. 3833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1-A. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 15. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW PROCESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.15.htm#15.116","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"63316162d3ba8e78e5512f540c99515bf9c3ff8659cead6aca67c19ade168a19","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-15.115","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-31.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}