{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-19-112","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-19-112","heading":"Coercive or violent relationship.","body":"(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.\n(2) 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.\n(3) 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 may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:\n(a) the party or the prospective party requests to begin or to continue a process; and\n(b) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-19 Utah Uniform Collaborative Law Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter19/78B-19-S112.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"d40d93ca8e4419264fec34bd60aaff7a782bf0f18cf362ede39fc9e48f226a98","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-19-111","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-19-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}